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I work for an MNC in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I am an OpenSource Promoter.
You can find [[/Bio | my official bio here]].
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 19:34, 25 March 2013

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 Flock 2013 Speaker Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Embryo Tadpole Tadpole with Legs Egg Froglet If you build it... (Koji Success III) Baby Badger White Rabbit Apex DevConf 2014 Attendee Rockin' & Rollin' Partners in Crime Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Paranoid Panda Heartbleed Buster The Blessing of the FPL Senior Editor Vacation Flock 2014 Speaker Take this and call me in the morning White Hat Extra!  Extra! Flock 2014 Attendee Senior Badger (Badger II) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Nuancier 21 Party Pirate Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) Corporate Drone Dancing with Toshio Readiness In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Flock 2014 Organizer Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) Master Editor What goes around comes around (Karma I) Fedora at RH Summit, 2015 Let's do lunch! You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) Design Ninja Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine I) Clickbait (Fedora Magazine II) Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Adult Frog Flock 2015 Speaker DevConf 2015 Speaker Macaron (Cookie I) Origin Chief Editor Flock 2015 Attendee Flock 2015 Organizer Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Websites.NEXT Nom Nom Nom Nuancier F23 Old Yeller Clickbait (Fedora Magazine III) Top 500 Top 100 Grandmaster Editor Maestro Badge Muse (Badges Released I) Red Hat Summit 2016 Black and White (Cookie III) Nuancier F24 Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Common Bugs Contributor Docs FAD 2016 Flock 2016 Organizer Flock 2016 Attendee Master Badger (Badger III) Community Messenger I Flock 2016 Speaker Pizzelle (Cookie IV) Nuancier F25 Steampunk Arcade Nuancier F26 Red Hat Summit 2017 Flock 2017 Attendee Board Member Nuancier F28 Flock 2017 Organizer Rainbow (Cookie V) Red Hat Summit 2018 What goes around comes around (Karma II) Fedora Podcast Interviewee Helping Hand Council Member Rollercoaster Restaurant Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) I Voted: Fedora 31 I Voted: Fedora 30 Parselmouth I Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) DevConf.cz 2020 Attendee Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) I Voted: Fedora 33 Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) nest-attendee-2020 Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Magazine Editor United Packages of Fedora Nest Attendee 2021 Community Survey Taker 2023 I voted: Fedora 39
 

You can find my official bio here. 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