RFR: Section on sponsoring [v2]

[David Holmes]

On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:37:25 GMT, Jesper Wilhelmsson <jwilhelm at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> The point is that "sponsor" is merely  some committer that now types /sponsor in your PR. The days when you needed to find a sponsor upfront and they needed to shepherd your change through the system (and run testing etc) are long gone.
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> Is that really the case? You would still need someone to run proper testing on multiple platforms etc, so even though the actual integration is easier today the work up to the integration point is basically the same, isn't it?

If you can't test a change adequately yourself and need some help, that is true whether you are an Author or Committer, or even Reviewer. Test help is not an integral part of sponsorship.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/guide/pull/97#discussion_r1179966886