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Becoming an OpenSolaris Sponsor for the O/N Consolidation

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There are three tiers of OpenSolaris O/N sponsors:

1. CRT advocates
2. middle-tier sponsors
3. interns

For details about what all sponsors need to do, see the:

• Sponsor Tasks page
• RTI nits page

The three tiers:

• The advocates are the most senior. For information about how they are selected, see the page on becoming an advocate.
• The non-advocate, "middle-tier" sponsors are in the middle: some experience [1] is required, and some in this tier may be "in training" to become advocates, though many are just helping out as needed. See the complete list of engineers in these top two tiers.
• Interns are engineers who have not yet met the experience requirement for the middle tier. Engineers in this group must have made at least one successful putback to the current O/N development gate within the six months preceding their work on an external contribution.

  An intern acts mostly as an observer to the process and handles the internal mechanics of integrating the contribution: build, test, putback. Interns work with a request owner who is the primary contact for the external developer. The request owner is someone in one of the other two tiers.

How to become a middle-tier sponsor:

• Determine whether your experience falls in the ballpark [1].
• Read the details at the locations cited above.
• Send email to sponsor dash signup at opensolaris dot org saying that you have read the information and are willing to perform the tasks.

How to become an intern:

• Be sure you meet the criteria noted above.
• Contact someone on the list of advocates and sponsors asking to pair with an owner for the external request.
• If you have problems finding an owner with whom to work, send email to sponsor dash signup at opensolaris dot org.

[1] How much experience is enough? As with most things in life, it depends. Our ballpark metric is 10 successful putbacks to an O/N gate, with the most recent being within the six months preceding sponsor work. Note that putbacks done in the role of sponsoring an external contribution count towards this goal. But not all putbacks are equal, and judgement is key, so exactly how much is enough will vary, and will be left to the judgement of the CRT chair in conjunction with other CRT advocates.