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= Tom 'spot' Callaway =
= Tom 'spot' Callaway =


Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.
[[Image:Lemur.jpg]]
 
You can email him at: spotaws<AT>amazon.com <BR>
On IRC (freenode.net), he's "spot".


However, he is currently the Fedora Engineering Manager.
== Roles ==
* Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.


He is currently serving a term on the Fedora Board.
* For 19 years (2001-2020), he was at Red Hat in a variety of roles including (but not limited to)
** He was the Fedora Engineering Manager
** He was the Fedora Packaging Committee chair (responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices)
** He handled Fedora Legal tasks (and was the Fedora liason to Red Hat Legal)
** He served three consecutive elected terms on the Fedora Board from 2007 to 2011.


He is also responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which is a port of Fedora to SPARC.<BR>
* In addition:
He's worked for Red Hat since February 2001, and is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.
** He was responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which was a port of Fedora to SPARC. This effort is long dead.
** He is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.


[[Image:Lemur.jpg]]
* Currently:
** I work on the Open Source Strategy and Marketing team at AWS (Amazon) as a Principal Open Source Evangelist.


You can email him at: tcallawa<AT>redhat.com <BR>
== Badges ==
On IRC (freenode.net), he's "spot".
{{ #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)
A full list can be found here: https://src.fedoraproject.org/user/spot
 
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.

Latest revision as of 20:03, 28 October 2020

Tom 'spot' Callaway

Lemur.jpg

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

Roles

  • Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.
  • For 19 years (2001-2020), he was at Red Hat in a variety of roles including (but not limited to)
    • He was the Fedora Engineering Manager
    • He was the Fedora Packaging Committee chair (responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices)
    • He handled Fedora Legal tasks (and was the Fedora liason to Red Hat Legal)
    • He served three consecutive elected terms on the Fedora Board from 2007 to 2011.
  • In addition:
    • He was responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which was a port of Fedora to SPARC. This effort is long dead.
    • He is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.
  • Currently:
    • I work on the Open Source Strategy and Marketing team at AWS (Amazon) as a Principal Open Source Evangelist.

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

Packages

He also maintains a LOT of packages in Fedora. He used to keep a list here, but it was a pain to maintain. A full list can be found here: https://src.fedoraproject.org/user/spot

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.

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