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= Tom 'spot' Callaway =
= Tom 'spot' Callaway =
Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.
However, he is currently the Fedora Engineering Manager.
He is currently serving a term on the Fedora Board.
He is also responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which is a port of Fedora to SPARC.<BR>
He's worked for Red Hat since February 2001, and is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.


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On IRC (freenode.net), he's "spot".
On IRC (freenode.net), he's "spot".


== Roles ==
* Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.
* He is currently the Fedora Engineering Manager @ Red Hat.
* He served three consecutive elected terms on the Fedora Board from 2007 to 2011.
* He was responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which was a port of Fedora to SPARC. This effort is long dead.
* He has worked for Red Hat since February 2001, and is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.
* He is currently leading the Fedora Packaging Committee, responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices.
* He handles Fedora Legal tasks (and is the Fedora liaison to Red Hat Legal).
== Badges ==
{{ #fedorabadges: spot }}
== Packages ==
He also maintains a LOT of packages in Fedora. He used to keep a list here, but it was a pain to maintain.
He also maintains a LOT of packages in Fedora. He used to keep a list here, but it was a pain to maintain.
Pkgdb has this list: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/spot (some things I only co-maintain, or are dead packages now)
Pkgdb has this list: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/spot?acls=owner&acls=commit (some things I only co-maintain, or are dead packages now)
 


He's currently leading the Fedora Packaging Committee, responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices.
== Sponsor ==


Due to an incredibly erratic and unpredictable schedule, he doesn't currently keep regular office hours in #fedora (or anywhere on IRC for that matter).
While I do sponsor new Packagers, I do so rarely these days, mostly because I'm super busy.


And last but not least, he's a Sponsor for new Contributors. Currently, he sponsors these fine people:
Here is a list of some of the people I've sponsored:


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If any of them screw up, feel free to let him know.
If any of them screw up, feel free to let me know.

Revision as of 19:13, 4 September 2013

Tom 'spot' Callaway

Lemur.jpg

You can email him at: tcallawa<AT>redhat.com
On IRC (freenode.net), he's "spot".

Roles

  • Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.
  • He is currently the Fedora Engineering Manager @ Red Hat.
  • He served three consecutive elected terms on the Fedora Board from 2007 to 2011.
  • He was responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which was a port of Fedora to SPARC. This effort is long dead.
  • He has worked for Red Hat since February 2001, and is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.
  • He is currently leading the Fedora Packaging Committee, responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices.
  • He handles Fedora Legal tasks (and is the Fedora liaison to Red Hat Legal).

Badges

Bona Fide If you build it... (Koji Success II) If you build it... (Koji Success IV) If you build it... (Koji Success III) If you build it... (Koji Success I) Junior Editor Senior Editor Associate Editor Speak Up! Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing III) You can call me "Patches" (SCM I) You can call me "Patches" (SCM II) You can call me "Patches" (SCM III) You can call me "Patches" (SCM IV) Flock 2013 Attendee Junior Tagger (Tagger I) Tagger (Tagger II) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable III) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable II) Like a Rock (Updates-Stable I) Junior Badger (Badger I) Proven Packager Involvement Curious Penguin (Ask Fedora I) Curious Penguin (Ask Fedora II) Riddle Me This Tanked! Crypto Panda Bloggin' it! (Planet II) Bloggin' it! (Planet III) Bloggin' it! (Planet I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing I) Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing II) Partners in Crime Master Editor What goes up... (Koji Failure III) What goes up... (Koji Failure I) What goes up... (Koji Failure II) Trust me, I know what I am doing Mugshot Ambassador Let Me Introduce Myself Senior Badger (Badger II) Paranoid Panda Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F20) Discovery of the Footprints (Tester II) In Search of the Bull (Tester I) Perceiving the Bull (Tester III) White Hat Secretary General White Rabbit Binary Star Baby Badger Flock 2013 Speaker Old Yeller You Can Pry It From My Cold, Undead Hands Bob Loblaw (Planet V) Bloggin' it! (Planet IV) Froglet Embryo Tadpole Egg Tadpole with Legs FOSDEM 2014 Attendee Badge Muse (Badge Ideas I) What goes up... (Koji Failure IV) What goes around comes around (Karma I) What goes around comes around (Karma II) Fedora Legal Badge of Doom The Last Argument of Kings Override, you say? Helping Hand Your call may be monitored for quality assurance Patches (SCM V) Crypto Badger Flock 2014 Speaker Pycon 2014 Attendee It still works! The Blessing of the FPL Take this and call me in the morning All your $arch are belong to us (Koji Success V) Flock 2014 Attendee Flock Paparazzi Party Pirate Science (Kernel Tester I) Nuancier 21 Corporate Drone Keepin Fedora Beautiful (F21) Junior Package Tagger (Package Tagger I) Package Tagger (Package Tagger II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build I) Senior Tagger (Tagger III) Senior Package Tagger (Package Tagger III) Master Badger (Badger III) The Panda Is In Consolation Prize What goes around comes around (Karma IV) Fedora 21 Change Accepted Vacation What goes around comes around (Karma III) Flock 2013 Organizer Flock 2014 Organizer Catching the Bull (Tester IV) Corporate Shill Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build II) Missed the Train Flock 2015 Attendee Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build III) Associate Badger (Badger 1.5) Flock 2015 Speaker FOSDEM 2015 Attendee Origin OSCON 2015 Attendee Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build V) Macaron (Cookie I) Packager Sponsor Is this thing on? (Updates-Testing IV) Delivery Chief Editor Adult Frog Nom Nom Nom Hindenburg (Koji Failure V) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build IV) Badge Muse (Badges Released I) Flock 2015 Organizer The cat came back... Fedora at RH Summit, 2015 United Packages of Fedora Like a Rock (Updates-Stable IV) Science (Kernel Tester II) Common Bugs Contributor Telegraphist (Upstream Release Monitoring I) Apprentice (Badge Artist I) Parselmouth I Top 10 Top 100 Top 25 Top 500 Chocolate Chip (Cookie II) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VI) Nuancier F24 Curious Penguin (Ask Fedora III) Fedora 24 Change Accepted Horcrux Badge Junkie (Badger IV) Macklemore (Tagger V) SELF 2016 Master Package Tagger (Package Tagger IV) Let's do lunch! Bronze Master Tagger (Tagger IV) Silver Don't Call it a Comeback Gold Taming the Bull (Tester V) 3D Printing SIG Member Red Hat Summit 2016 Flock 2016 Organizer Krakow Brews! Flock 2016 Attendee Badge Muse (Badges Released II) Riding the Bull Home (Tester VI) FOSDEM 2017 Attendee OSCON 2017 Attendee Corporate Overlord Steampunk Arcade Board Member Tectonic! (Updates-Stable V) FOSDEM 2018 Attendee Flock 2018 Attendee Rollercoaster Restaurant DevConf.us Attendee 2018 FOSDEM 2019 Attendee Long Life to Pagure (Pagure I) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure III) Building the Outer Ring (Copr Build VII) I Voted: Fedora 31 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure IV) nest-attendee-2020 Mic Check! (Updates-Testing V) Red Hat Summit 2017 Black and White (Cookie III) Flock 2017 Attendee SCaLE 16x Attendee Red Hat Summit 2018 Long Life to Pagure (Pagure II) Flock 2019 Attendee You’re on a boat! Parselmouth II Long Life to Pagure (Pagure V) Long Life to Pagure (Pagure VI) It's a Cake Thing Community Messenger I I Voted: Fedora 33 FOSDEM 2021 Attendee Community Survey Taker I Council Member Red Hat Summit 2021 I Voted: Fedora 34 Nest Attendee 2021 SCaLE 21x Attendee Museum Visitor SCaLE 19x Attendee Nest with Fedora 2022 Attendee Fedora 38 Change Accepted CentOS Connect 2023 Attendee The Bull Transcended (Tester VII) I Voted: Fedora 35 I Voted: Fedora 36 FOSDEM 2023 Attendee Flock 2023 Attendee FOSDEM 2024 Attendee

Packages

He also maintains a LOT of packages in Fedora. He used to keep a list here, but it was a pain to maintain. Pkgdb has this list: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/spot?acls=owner&acls=commit (some things I only co-maintain, or are dead packages now)


While I do sponsor new Packagers, I do so rarely these days, mostly because I'm super busy.

Here is a list of some of the people I've sponsored:

Chuck R. Anderson
Dmitry Butskoy
Jeff Carlson
Didier Casse
Mark Cox
Kushal Das
Patrice Dumas
Ralf Ertzinger
Kevin Fenzi
Chris Grau
Kevin Gray
Ed Hill
Dan Horák
Neil Horman
Patrick Laughton
John Patrick Mahowald
José Matos
Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
Karen Rei Pease
Ian Pilcher
Orion Poplawski
Jef Spaleta
Quentin Spencer
Richard A. Stout
Andreas Thienemann
Axel Thimm
Jason L Tibbitts III
Toni Willberg
Paul Wouters

If any of them screw up, feel free to let me know.