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| |REAL-NAME=Paul W. Frields | | |REAL-NAME=Paul W. Frields |
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| |HOME=http://paul.frields.org/ | | |HOME=http://paul.frields.org/ |
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| I work for [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat] as the [[FPL| Fedora Project Leader]] and chairman of the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]]. I also dabble in the following bits:
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| * The [[DocsProject | Documentation team]], as a writer, editor, and part-time balladeer
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| * Maintainer of fedora-release-notes and [[#Package_Maintenance|a few other useful packages]]
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| * Help with the [[Marketing]] team
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| * Merciless and sometimes foolhardy [[wiki gardening]]
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| I also help drive the [http://fredlug.tux.org/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group] (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown. | | I joined [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat] in February 2008, and until July 2010, I served as the [[Project Leader|Fedora Project Leader]] and chairman of the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]]. Starting in 2010, until launch in June 2014, I worked as a development coordinator for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. |
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| I was a founding member of the [[Board|Fedora Project Board]], and served the community there from April 2006 to July 2007. | | Since late 2013, I've been the manager of the [[Fedora Engineering]] team. I spend most of my Fedora time providing light direction, internal and administrative support, and roadblock-clearing for the team members. I see my job as helping them (1) be maximally successful at their jobs, and (2) develop as Red Hat associates and professionals. |
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| == Active Documents == | | Nowadays in what little spare time I have, I dabble in the following Fedora bits: |
| | * Editing and sometimes writing for the [[Magazine]] ([https://fedoramagazine.org direct link]) |
| | * 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://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/pulsecaster available in Fedora] of course!) |
| | * Maintain Fedora [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/users/packages/pfrields?acls=commit packages] |
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| | I'm a member (inactive) in the [http://fredlug.info/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group] (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown. |
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| 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:
| | 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. I've been involved in the Fedora Project since 2003. |
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| * [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/ Installation Guide]
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| * [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/ Release Notes]
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| * [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/jargon-buster/ Jargon Buster]
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| * [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/translation-quick-start-guide Translation Quick Start Guide]
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| In the past, I've also worked on these (now obsolete) documents:
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| * [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/fedora-install-guide-en/ Installation Guides for FC4, FC5]
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| * [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/selinux-faq-fc5 SELinux FAQ for FC5]
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| * [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/ Yum Software Management for FC3, FC4]
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| == Package Maintenance ==
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| I maintain or co-maintain the following packages in [[PackageMaintainers| the Fedora package collection]]:
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| * {{package|blogtk}} -- GNOME application for editing/maintaining blogs
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| * {{package|drivel}} -- A journal or "blog" client
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| * {{package|fedora-release-notes}} -- Release Notes for Fedora 11
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| * {{package|foremost}} -- Recover files by "carving" them from a raw disk
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| * {{package|gnome-sudoku}} -- GNOME based Sudoku, a logic puzzle game
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| * {{package|nautilus-open-terminal}} -- Nautilus extension for an open terminal shortcut
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| * {{package|nautilus-search-tool}} -- A Nautilus extension that makes searching for files easier
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| * {{package|nautilus-sendto}} -- Nautilus context menu for sending files
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| * {{package|odfpy}} -- Python library for manipulating OpenDocument files
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| * {{package|opal}} -- Open Phone Abstraction Library
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| * {{package|perl-PatchReader}} -- Utilities to read and manipulate patches and CVS
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| * {{package|php-LightweightPicasaAPI}} -- A lightweight API for Picasa in PHP
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| * {{package|php-phpSmug}} -- PHP wrapper for the SmugMug API
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| * {{package|pioneers}} -- Turnbased board strategy game (colonize an island)
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| * {{package|python-mwlib}} -- MediaWiki conversion library for Python
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| * {{package|xmldiff}} -- Tree to tree correction between XML documents
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| * {{package|xmlstarlet}} -- Command Line XML Toolkit
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| * {{package|zikula}} -- Zikula is a free open source Web Application Framework
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| * {{package|zikula-module-News}} -- Manages news articles on your Zikula site
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| I no longer maintain the following [[Extras| Extras]] packages:
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| * {{package|drivel}} - dead upstream
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| * {{package|gnome-sudoku}} - moved into ''gnome-games''
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| == Obsolete Documents ==
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| These are deprecated because of changes over time to Fedora. Currently these still appear in CVS, but may eventually become wistful memories.
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| * [http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/usb-hotplug/?root=docs USB-Hotplug Tutorial]
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| * [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/mirror/ Mirror Tutorial for FC2]
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| * Web Publishing to docs.fedoraproject.org -- This subject is now covered in the [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/documentation-guide/ Documentation Guide].
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| == Self Introduction ==
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| Name: Paul W. Frields
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| Location: Fredericksburg, VA - USA
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| Profession: Engineering Project Manager
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| Company: [http://redhat.com/ Red Hat, Inc.]
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| === Goals ===
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| ==== As the FPL ====
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| * Oversee the entire Fedora Project -- if it's in Fedora, ultimately I'm accountable for it.
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| * Work with the Fedora Program Manager (JohnPoelstra), Fedora Engineering Manager (TomCallaway), and the CommunityArchitecture team to make sure that Fedora is making constant, substantial progress in its mission to advance free and open source software.
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| * Chair the [[Board| Fedora Project Board]], and ensure that the Board is effectively advising and guiding the Fedora Project where needed.
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| * Be an effective bridge between the external volunteer contributor base and the contributor community inside Red Hat, such as RHEL engineers.
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| * Lower contributor barriers to the absolute minimum, and encourage others to get involved in FOSS through Fedora.
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| ==== As a Contributor ====
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| * Provide top-tier quality documentation for Fedora products.
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| * Provide the odd low-maintenance package such as non-critical add-ons, where my programming skill (or lack thereof) is not a limiting factor.
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| * Strive to provide a good example of dealing with other people in a constructive, friendly way at all times.
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| === Historical Qualifications ===
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| * The Fedora Project was my first work as an open-source contributor.
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| * I have used Linux since 1997, Red Hat Linux 4.1 (Vanderbilt), and have used every Red Hat and Fedora distribution since. I am comfortable with most aspects of system administration, and fellow sysadmins in my previous jobs often came to me with questions. On the other hand, through working in Fedora I've met truly gifted sysadmins who make my work look pretty shoddy by comparison.
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| * I have taught Linux to literally thousands of seminar attendees and classroom students (working professionals, mainly) using these products.
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| * I work on the Fedora Documentation Project, and they seem to trust me.
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| === Skill Areas ===
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| HIGH: bash, GNU make, DocBook, RHCE (need recert!), communication skills (writing, teaching, public speaking)<BR>
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| MEDIUM/LOW: XML/XSL/XSLT, Python, Perl, C/C++
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| <pre>pub 1024D/BD113717 1997-09-19
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| Key fingerprint = 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717
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| sub 4096g/46D87F1F 1997-09-19</pre>
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