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I work for [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat] as an engineering operations 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]].  I also dabble in the following bits:
You can find [[/Bio | my official bio here]].
* The [[Docs Project | Documentation team]], as a writer, editor, and part-time balladeer
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:
* Maintainer of fedora-release-notes and [[#Package_Maintenance|a few other useful packages]]
* Help with the [[Insight]] project
* Help with the [[Insight]] project
* Merciless and sometimes foolhardy [[wiki gardening]]
* 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 help drive the [http://fredlug.tux.org/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group] (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.
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]], and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007.
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 ==
== Active Documents ==
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* [[/Drafts| Drafts and Downloads]]
* [[/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] .  I have done authorial or editorial work on the following documents:
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/install-guide/ Installation Guide]  
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/ Release Notes]  
* [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/ Release Notes]  
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== Package Maintenance ==
== Package Maintenance ==
I maintain or co-maintain the following packages in [[PackageMaintainers| the Fedora package collection]]:
I maintain or co-maintain the following packages in [[PackageMaintainers| the Fedora package collection]]: [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/pfrields Package listing]
* {{package|blogtk}} -- GNOME application for editing/maintaining blogs
* {{package|drupal6-theme-ninesixty}} -- Ninesixty theme for Drupal 6
* {{package|fedora-release-notes}} -- Release Notes for Fedora
* {{package|foremost}} -- Recover files by "carving" them from a raw disk
* {{package|jokosher}} -- A simple and easy-to-use Open Source multi-track editor
* {{package|foremost}} -- Recover files by "carving" them from a raw disk
* {{package|nautilus-open-terminal}} -- Nautilus extension for an open terminal shortcut
* {{package|nautilus-search-tool}} -- A Nautilus extension that makes searching for files easier
* {{package|nautilus-sendto}} -- Nautilus context menu for sending files
* {{package|odfpy}} -- Python library for manipulating OpenDocument files
* {{package|opal}} -- Open Phone Abstraction Library
* {{package|perl-PatchReader}} -- Utilities to read and manipulate patches and CVS
* {{package|php-LightweightPicasaAPI}} -- A lightweight API for Picasa in PHP
* {{package|php-phpSmug}} -- PHP wrapper for the SmugMug API
* {{package|pioneers}} -- Turnbased board strategy game (colonize an island)
* {{package|pulsecaster}} -- A PulseAudio-based podcast recorder
* {{package|python-babel-BabelGladeExtractor}} -- A Babel extractor plug-in which extracts translatable messages
* {{package|python-mwlib}} -- MediaWiki conversion library for Python
* {{package|xmldiff}} -- Tree to tree correction between XML documents
* {{package|xmlstarlet}} -- Command Line XML Toolkit
* {{package|zikula}} -- Zikula is a free open source Web Application Framework
* {{package|zikula-module-EZComments}} -- Simple Zikula module that provides comment functions to other modules
* {{package|zikula-module-News}} -- Manages news articles on your Zikula site


I no longer maintain the following [[Extras| Extras]] packages:
I no longer maintain the following packages:
* {{package|drivel}} - dead upstream
* {{package|drivel}} - dead upstream
* {{package|gnome-sudoku}} - moved into ''gnome-games''
* {{package|gnome-sudoku}} - moved into ''gnome-games''
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== Self Introduction ==
== Self Introduction ==


Name: Paul W. Frields
Name: Paul W. Frields<br/>
 
Location: Fredericksburg, VA - USA<br/>
Location: Fredericksburg, VA - USA
Profession: Engineering Project Manager<br/>
 
Profession: Engineering Project Manager
 
Company: [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat, Inc.]  
Company: [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat, Inc.]  


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==== As a Contributor ====
==== As a Contributor ====
* Help develop a content management system to serve the needs of multiple teams such as the [[Marketing]] and [[Design]] teams.
 
* Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.
* Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.
* Strive to provide a good example of dealing with other people in a constructive, friendly way at all times.
* 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 ===
=== Skill Areas ===
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HIGH:  bash, GNU make, DocBook XML, RHCE (RHL 7.1, RHEL 3 & 5), communication skills (writing, teaching, public speaking)
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++
MEDIUM/LOW:  XML/XSL/XSLT, Python, C/C++, GTK/GObject


== GPG Information ==
== GPG Information ==

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