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I work for an MNC in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I am an OpenSource Promoter.
I work for [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat] as an engineering manager.  I joined the company in February 2008 and until July 2010, I served as the [[Project Leader|Fedora Project Leader]] and chairman of the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]].  Nowadays in what little spare time I have, I dabble in the following bits:
* Help with the [[Insight]] project
* Merciless and sometimes foolhardy [[wiki gardening]]
* Give bits of advice and help to the [[FPL]] as a member of the "ex-FPL club"
* Work on my own [http://pulsecaster.org PulseCaster] project (it's [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/applications/Pulsecaster available in Fedora] of course!)
* Maintain Fedora [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/pfrields?acls=commit packages]
 
I participate in the [http://fredlug.tux.org/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group] (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.
 
I was a founding member of the [[Board|Fedora Project Board]] as a volunteer contributor, and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007.
 
== Active Documents ==
 
* [[/Drafts| Drafts and Downloads]]
 
These documents appear on the [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora documentation] Web site and in [http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/docs.shtml Docs CVS].  These docs now have fantastic maintainers, but there may be bits of my old work floating around in them:
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/ Installation Guide]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/ Release Notes]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/jargon-buster/ Jargon Buster]
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/translation-quick-start-guide Translation Quick Start Guide]
 
In the past, I've also worked on these (now obsolete) documents:
* Installation Guides for FC4, FC5
* SELinux FAQ for FC5
* Yum Software Management for FC3, FC4
 
== Package Maintenance ==
I maintain or co-maintain the following packages in [[PackageMaintainers| the Fedora package collection]]: [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/pfrields Package listing]
 
I no longer maintain the following packages:
* {{package|drivel}} - dead upstream
* {{package|gnome-sudoku}} - moved into ''gnome-games''
 
== Obsolete Documents ==
 
These are deprecated because of changes over time to Fedora.  Currently these still appear in CVS, but may eventually become wistful memories.
 
* [http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/usb-hotplug/?root=docs USB-Hotplug Tutorial]
* Mirror Tutorial for FC2
* Web Publishing to docs.fedoraproject.org -- This subject is now covered in the [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/documentation-guide/ Documentation Guide].
 
== Self Introduction ==
 
Name: Paul W. Frields<br/>
Location: Fredericksburg, VA - USA<br/>
Profession: Engineering Project Manager<br/>
Company: [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat, Inc.]
 
=== Goals ===
 
==== As a Contributor ====
 
* Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.
* Approach issues from the perspective of a general productivity computer user so that Fedora maintains a welcoming environment for everyone.
* Be an example for others in dealing with other people in a constructive, friendly way at all times.
 
=== Skill Areas ===
 
HIGH:  bash, GNU make, DocBook XML, RHCE (RHL 7.1, RHEL 3 & 5), communication skills (writing, teaching, public speaking)
 
MEDIUM/LOW:  XML/XSL/XSLT, Python, C/C++, GTK/GObject
 
== GPG Information ==
 
<pre>pub  1024D/BD113717 1997-09-19
Key fingerprint = 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233  5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717
sub  4096g/46D87F1F 1997-09-19</pre>
 
[[Category:Ambassadors from the USA]]

Revision as of 13:43, 15 May 2012

Paul W. Frields
Paul W. Frields
Fedora Information
FAS name: pfrields
Fedora email: pfrields@fedoraproject.org
IRC nick: stickster
IRC channels: #fedora-docs, #fedora-mktg, #fedora-admin, #fedora-advisory-board, #fedora-ambassadors, #fredlug (and others)
Fedorapeople page: https://pfrields.fedorapeople.org
Badges (140)
Speak Up! Associate Editor Junior Editor Involvement Tanked! Flock 2013 Attendee Secretary General Pixel Ninja You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) Junior Badger (Badger I) Mugshot Ambassador Packager Sponsor Bona Fide If you build it... (Koji Success II) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Nuancier Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Let Me Introduce Myself Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Riddle Me This Froglet Flock 2013 Speaker Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Tadpole with Legs Tadpole Embryo Egg Baby Badger Apex White Rabbit If you build it... (Koji Success III) DevConf 2014 Attendee Paranoid Panda Partners in Crime Heartbleed Buster Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Rockin' & Rollin' Senior Editor Flock 2014 Speaker Vacation The Blessing of the FPL Take this and call me in the morning Corporate Drone White Hat Senior Badger (Badger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Party Pirate Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Flock 2014 Attendee Extra! Extra! Nuancier 21 Readiness Dancing with Toshio In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Master Editor Let's do lunch! You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Design Ninja Flock 2014 Organizer What goes around comes around (Karma I) Fedora at RH Summit, 2015 Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine II) Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Origin DevConf 2015 Speaker Macaron (Cookie I) Flock 2015 Speaker Adult Frog Chief Editor Nom Nom Nom Flock 2015 Attendee Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Flock 2015 Organizer Nuancier F23 Websites.NEXT Old Yeller Clickbait (Fedora Magazine III) Top 100 Top 500 Steampunk Arcade Maestro Badge Muse (Badges Released I) Flock 2016 Organizer Flock 2016 Speaker Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Grandmaster Editor Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Common Bugs Contributor Black and White (Cookie III) Nuancier F24 Docs FAD 2016 Red Hat Summit 2016 Master Badger (Badger III) Flock 2016 Attendee Community Messenger I Nuancier F25 Nuancier F26 Red Hat Summit 2017 Flock 2017 Attendee Red Hat Summit 2018 Flock 2017 Organizer Rainbow (Cookie V) Board Member Nuancier F28 Council Member Fedora Podcast Interviewee What goes around comes around (Karma II) Rollercoaster Restaurant Helping Hand I Voted: Fedora 30 I Voted: Fedora 31 Parselmouth I Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) DevConf.cz 2020 Attendee I Voted: Fedora 33 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) nest-attendee-2020 Magazine Editor Nest Attendee 2021 Community Survey Taker 2023 I voted: Fedora 39 United Packages of Fedora Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee
 

I work for Red Hat as an engineering manager. I joined the company in February 2008 and until July 2010, I served as the Fedora Project Leader and chairman of the Fedora Project Board. Nowadays in what little spare time I have, I dabble in the following bits:

I participate in the Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.

I was a founding member of the Fedora Project Board as a volunteer contributor, and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007.

Active Documents

These documents appear on the Fedora documentation Web site and in Docs CVS. These docs now have fantastic maintainers, but there may be bits of my old work floating around in them:

In the past, I've also worked on these (now obsolete) documents:

  • Installation Guides for FC4, FC5
  • SELinux FAQ for FC5
  • Yum Software Management for FC3, FC4

Package Maintenance

I maintain or co-maintain the following packages in the Fedora package collection: Package listing

I no longer maintain the following packages:

Obsolete Documents

These are deprecated because of changes over time to Fedora. Currently these still appear in CVS, but may eventually become wistful memories.

Self Introduction

Name: Paul W. Frields
Location: Fredericksburg, VA - USA
Profession: Engineering Project Manager
Company: Red Hat, Inc.

Goals

As a Contributor

  • Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.
  • Approach issues from the perspective of a general productivity computer user so that Fedora maintains a welcoming environment for everyone.
  • Be an example for others in dealing with other people in a constructive, friendly way at all times.

Skill Areas

HIGH: bash, GNU make, DocBook XML, RHCE (RHL 7.1, RHEL 3 & 5), communication skills (writing, teaching, public speaking)

MEDIUM/LOW: XML/XSL/XSLT, Python, C/C++, GTK/GObject

GPG Information

pub   1024D/BD113717 1997-09-19
Key fingerprint = 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233  5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717
sub   4096g/46D87F1F 1997-09-19
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