[ogb-discuss] test resource sponsors

[Jim Walker]

Glynn Foster wrote:
> Hey Jim,
> 
> From what I remember, some people had issues with the terms of use - I'll let
> those people comment for themselves though.

Thanks for the heads up. If they have specific issues, I'll be glad
to take it up with legal.

> Jim Walker wrote:
>> Since resources are limited, I'm currently targeting these
>> services at OpenSolaris Contributors (people who have
>> signed the SCA) that are actually doing some opensolaris
>> development as part of a project or bug fix.
> 
> I think this is ok - I assume you have access to the grants database to make
> this relatively automatic?

This doesn't help. It doesn't identify who signed the SCA.

Currently, it's a manual process to get the SCA number.
In the future, the website team is planning to add SCA numbers
to user profiles, which would be easy for me to access.

>> To ensure the number of active users of these services don't grow
>> indefinitely, sponsors will only be able to give users 30 days of
>> access at a time. Sponsors will get 180 days before their sponsorship
>> has to be renewed.
> 
> 30 days seems like a long time to me - I assume this is the maximum amount of
> time, but I'd much rather see a regular rotation of users, unless there is a
> real need for something longer.

If people submit a full Self-Service Testing run it might take two or three
weeks to get the results, depending on the queue length. If people have to
join a waitlist before they get access to a test machine, it might take
a week or two to get access to a machine. So, 30 days gives them padding
to take care of any delays that might occur.

> I think James is right in one sense - I don't think the sponsor necessarily
> needs to be involved. Is there a specific reason you've added this requirement?

Take a look at my response to James.

> I don't really know enough about the test process to be able to provide you
> decent feedback on this. The interface is a little confusing, and I know you're
> somewhat tied to the web interface. Would be nice to have the top navigation
> buttons as simple text links.

Can you be more specific about the confusing part?

> Otherwise, good job!

Thanks. A lot of people have been involved to get this far.

Cheers,
Jim

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