As you may have noticed, there is a fair amount of activity around the sponsor program at the moment. So it's a good time to highlight some aspects of the program for new and old sponsors alike:
- There is one definitive list of requests: http://opensolaris.org/os/bug_reports/request_sponsor. - This list is updated when email is sent to this mailing list: - A contributor sends email requesting a sponsor. - A sponsor sends email saying he/she will pick up the request. - A sponsor or other Sun person sends email with status changes if the request is to be closed or suspended or if the cat/ subcat changes. - There are two internal tables used for internal tracking: a copy of the 'awaiting sponsor' data in a different form; a copy of the 'in progress' data in a different form. - About the 'oss-request' keyword: - Usually: when a request comes through, the 'oss-request' keyword is added to the bug in bugster. However, this is a manual process, so sometimes an update in bugster gets missed. If a sponsor picks up such a bug, he/she is free to add the 'oss-request' keyword. - When a Sun engineer comes across a bug marked with this keyword, he/she is supposed to check the request-sponsor table and contact the contributor who made the request before working on the bug. - This keyword is supposed to be removed from bugs when a request is 'suspended'. - About the 'oss-sponsor' keyword: - Usually: when a sponsor picks up a request, that person adds the 'oss-sponsor' keyword to the bug in bugster. But needless to say, that step also sometimes gets missed. - This keyword is supposed to be removed from bugs when a request that was in progress is moved to 'suspended' or 'closed'. Bonnie
