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