[request-sponsor] Re: kstat const changes

[Eric Lowe]

I'll sponsor this change. Peter Memishian is sponsoring the PSARC fast-track.

- Eric
 
 
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[request-sponsor] Spensor request for #6356629

[Eric Lowe]

Yann POUPET wrote:
 I'd like to work on RFE #6356629 (I've raised it when I was working on swap 
 RFE)

I'll sponsor this.

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Eric Lowe   Solaris Kernel Development Austin, Texas
Sun Microsystems.  We make the net work.   x40577/+1(512)366-9080

[request-sponsor] Feature request for swap.c

[Eric Lowe]

So it turns out this bug already has an owner, but OpenSolaris.org doesn't 
appear to show that from the bug view leading to confusion. I'm working on 
straightening this out offline.

- Eric

Eric Lowe wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I'll take a look at what you've done so far and discuss the details of 
 getting this moving forward offline.
 
 - Eric
 
 Thomas Lecomte wrote:
 Greetings -
 I started working on a patch for swap.c according to the following
 feature request:
 http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5064163
 ..
 OpenSolaris project, i'm not really sure of what I'm doing.
 I've attached the diff file to apply to usr/src/cmd/swap/swap.c.
 I would like to know if the work i've done is acceptable for you and
 if I can continue working on this patch.
 ..
 

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Eric Lowe   Solaris Kernel Development Austin, Texas
Sun Microsystems.  We make the net work.   x40577/+1(512)366-9080

[request-sponsor] please read: sponsor proposal

[Eric Lowe]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 12:49:16PM -0600, Bonnie Corwin wrote:
| 
| The original concept of sponsoring had two tiers: CRT advocates and
| sponsors.  Both tiers require some amount of experience working in and
| putting back to the O/N source hierarchy.  Both can take a request and
| run with it.
| 
| Now there is a third tier which will allow more people to participate.
| But people in the third tier need to partner with someone in one of the
| other tiers to gain experience.

This sounds similar in concept to the ARCs: full member, intern, licensee.
In all three, the person who owns the case is responsible for the
majority of the work-- making sure paperwork is in order, making sure the
proper procedures are followed, etc. It falls on the more senior members
to cross check the work of others to ensure the right thing is done.

Translating this into the OpenSolaris realm, it sounds like the tier 3
sponsors would usually handle small bugfixes involving minor change, while
tier 1 or 2 should probably sponsor complex bugfixes or RFEs/projects.
This all makes sense to me, and sounds fine.

My only concern is with regards to the level of commitment. To become
a CRT advocate or sponsor, you are expected to deliver a certain level of
service, and this role becomes an important part of your daily job. We
should ensure that, whatever the process is, that there are sufficient
checks and balances to ensure all sponsors deliver on their commitments.

I'm sure this has been thought about, but I don't see anything in your
proposal that outlines how to deal with it.

regards,
- Eric