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* '''Email''': mailto:denis.arnaud_fedora@m4x.org
* '''Email''': mailto:denis.arnaud_fedora@m4x.org
* '''GPG key''': Denis Arnaud (Fedora Packager)
* '''GPG key''': Denis Arnaud (Fedora Packager)
* '''Fedora Account''': [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/user/view/denisarnaud denisarnaud]
* '''Fedora Account''' / '''FAS''': [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/user/view/denisarnaud denisarnaud]
* '''Fedora VOIP''': Extension #5105604 / SIP Address: sip:denisarnaud@fedoraproject.org
* '''Fedora VOIP''': Extension #5105604 / SIP Address: sip:denisarnaud@fedoraproject.org
* '''Fedora People Page''': http://denisarnaud.fedorapeople.org
* '''Fedora People Page''': http://denisarnaud.fedorapeople.org
* '''GitHub''': [https://github.com/denisarnaud denisarnaud]
* '''GitHub''': [http://github.com/denisarnaud denisarnaud]
* '''SourceForge''': [https://sourceforge.net/users/denis_arnaud denis_arnaud]
* '''SourceForge''': [http://sourceforge.net/users/denis_arnaud denis_arnaud]
* '''Ohloh''': [http://www.ohloh.net/accounts/denis_arnaud denis_arnaud]
* '''Ohloh''': [http://www.ohloh.net/accounts/denis_arnaud denis_arnaud]
* '''Launchpad''' (e.g., for '''OpenStack'''): [http://launchpad.net/~denis-arnaud-lp denis-arnaud-lp]
* '''StackOverflow''': [http://stackoverflow.com/users/798053/denis-arnaud denis-arnaud]
* '''StackOverflow''': [http://stackoverflow.com/users/798053/denis-arnaud denis-arnaud]
* '''Geonames''': [http://www.geonames.org/recent-changes/user/denis.arnaud/ denis.arnaud]
* '''Geonames''': [http://www.geonames.org/recent-changes/user/denis.arnaud/ denis.arnaud]
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== Activities within Fedora ==
== Activities within Fedora ==
* [[Features/F18Boost150 |Boost 1.50 Feature for Fedora 18]] (to be completed at the latest in September 2012)
* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=921134 Boost-1.48 for EPEL 5 and 6]
* [[Features/F17Boost148 |Boost 1.48 Feature for Fedora 17]] (to be completed at the latest in February 2012)
* [[Features/F19Boost153 |Boost 1.53 Feature for Fedora 19]] (to be completed at the latest in March 2013)
* [[Features/F18Boost150 |Boost 1.50 Feature for Fedora 18]] (completed in October 2012)
* [[Features/F17Boost148 |Boost 1.48 Feature for Fedora 17]] (completed in February 2012)
* [[Features/F16Boost147 |Boost 1.47 Feature for Fedora 16]] (completed in September 2011)
* [[Features/F16Boost147 |Boost 1.47 Feature for Fedora 16]] (completed in September 2011)
* [[Features/F15Boost146 |Boost 1.46 Feature for Fedora 15]] (completed in early 2011)
* [[Features/F15Boost146 |Boost 1.46 Feature for Fedora 15]] (completed in early 2011)
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* Bringing and maintaining a few packages to Fedora:
* Bringing and maintaining a few packages to Fedora:
** My own open source software:
** My own open source software:
*** [[Hypertable]]: RE2, the fast C++ alternative to backtracking RE engines ([https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/re2 PkgApp] / [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/re2 PkgDB] / [http://code.google.com/p/re2/ Google code])
*** [http://sourceforge.net/projects/opentrep/ OpenTREP], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/opentraveldata/ OpenTravelData] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengeopp/ OpenGeo++]
*** [http://sourceforge.net/projects/opentrep/ OpenTREP], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/opentraveldata/ OpenTravelData] and [http://sourceforge.net/projects/opengeopp/ OpenGeo++]
*** Airline Travel Market simulation components: RMOL ([https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/rmol PkgApp] / [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/rmol PkgDB] / [http://sourceforge.net/projects/rmol/ SF]), Standard Airline IT C++ Library ([https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/stdair PkgApp] / [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/stdair PkgDB] / [http://sourceforge.net/projects/stdair/ SF]).
*** Airline Travel Market simulation components: RMOL ([https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/rmol PkgApp] / [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/rmol PkgDB] / [http://sourceforge.net/projects/rmol/ SF]), Standard Airline IT C++ Library ([https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/stdair PkgApp] / [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/stdair PkgDB] / [http://sourceforge.net/projects/stdair/ SF]).
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===== Package updating =====
===== Package updating =====
* [[Updates_Policy |Update policy]]
* [[Updates Policy]]
* [[Package_update_HOWTO |Update how-to]]
* [[Package update HOWTO |Update how-to]]
* [[Upstream release monitoring]]
 
===== Package retiring =====
* [[How to remove a package at end of life]]


===== Reviews =====
===== Reviews =====
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* [[SIGs/Package_Review |Package Review SIG]]
* [[SIGs/Package_Review |Package Review SIG]]
* [[Spots_Review_Cheat_Sheet |Tom "Spot" Callaway's Review Cheat Sheet]]
* [[Spots_Review_Cheat_Sheet |Tom "Spot" Callaway's Review Cheat Sheet]]
===== Compositions / Collections =====
* [[How to use and edit comps.xml for package groups]]


===== Tools =====
===== Tools =====
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** Getting started with OpenStack
** Getting started with OpenStack
*** [[Test Day:2012-09-18 OpenStack |Getting started with OpenStack on Fedora 18 (Test Day:2012-09-18 OpenStack)]]
*** [[Test Day:2012-09-18 OpenStack |Getting started with OpenStack on Fedora 18 (Test Day:2012-09-18 OpenStack)]]
*** [[Getting started with OpenStack on Fedora 17 |Getting started with OpenStack on Fedora 17]]
*** [[Getting started with OpenStack on Fedora 17 |Getting started with OpenStack on Fedora 17]] / [https://github.com/denisarnaud/openstack-configuration My own hands on guide for OpenStack on Fedora 17]
*** [[Getting started with OpenStack Nova |Getting started with OpenStack Nova]]
*** [[Getting started with OpenStack Nova |Getting started with OpenStack Nova]]
*** [[Getting started with OpenStack EPEL |Getting started with OpenStack on EPEL]]
*** [[Getting started with OpenStack EPEL |Getting started with OpenStack on EPEL]]
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** [[OpenStack_devstack |devstack]]
** [[OpenStack_devstack |devstack]]
** [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/cloud/2012-January/001162.html Installing and running OpenStack Horizon Dashboard]
** [http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/cloud/2012-January/001162.html Installing and running OpenStack Horizon Dashboard]
** [[Features/OpenStack_Folsom |Fedora 18 feature: OpenStack Folsom]] (next stable release)
** [[Features/OpenStack Grizzly |Fedora 19 feature: OpenStack Grizzly]] (next stable release)
** [[OpenShift_Origin |OpenShift Origin]]
** [[Features/OpenStack Folsom |Fedora 18 feature: OpenStack Folsom]] (current stable release)
*** [[Features/OpenShift_Origin |Fedora 18 feature: OpenShift Origin]] (OpenShift on top of OpenStack)
** [[OpenShift Origin |OpenShift Origin]]
** [[Test_Day:2012-03-08_OpenStack_Test_Day |[2012-03-08] OpenStack Test Day]]
*** [[Features/OpenShift Origin |Fedora 18 feature: OpenShift Origin]] (OpenShift on top of OpenStack)
** [[Test_Day:2012-03-08 OpenStack_Test_Day |[2012-03-08] OpenStack Test Day]]
** [[Features/OpenStack using Oz for image building |Fedora 18 feature: OpenStack using Oz for image building]]
** [[Features/OpenStack using Oz for image building |Fedora 18 feature: OpenStack using Oz for image building]]
* [[OVirtPackaging |oVirt packaging]]
* [[OVirtPackaging |oVirt packaging]]

Revision as of 14:42, 13 March 2013

Denis Arnaud

I first installed RedHat (version 5, in 1998) with Oracle 8, when that latter was delivered on Linux for the first time... on a small Pentium-based computer with 600MB of disk and 64MB of RAM, hence proving to my hierarchy that Linux was ready for professional use. I started to be involved in the Fedora building process by translating documents and package descriptions, and have become a packager in 2009.

Contact

Activities within Fedora

A few quick links on Fedora packages (to ease my maintenance tasks)

  • Full list of packages waiting for a reviewer here.

Material for Reviews

Tracking of Package Requests

Documentation

Packaging

General
Specific guidelines
Package testing
Package updating
Package retiring
Reviews
Compositions / Collections
Tools
Package information pages (and database)

Hacking on Fedora/RedHat/CentOS

NoSQL

Virtualisation / Cloud Computing

General
Cloud SIG
Cloud solutions submitted to Fedora
Amazon (EC2)

Tools

repoquery --requires --recursive --output=ascii-tree pkgname

Brainstorming Section about Packaging

Using Git Work-flow for Packaging

References on Status of Packages

Obligatory Einstein quote