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| |REAL-NAME=Paul W. Frields | | |REAL-NAME=Paul W. Frields |
| |image=PaulWFrields_PaulWFrields-head.png | | |image= |
| |birthday= | | |birthday=5th August |
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| |HOME=http://paul.frields.org/ | | |HOME= |
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| |IRC=stickster | | |IRC=stickster |
| |irc-channels=#fedora-docs, #fedora-mktg, #fedora-admin, #fedora-advisory-board, #fedora-ambassadors, #fredlug (and others) | | |irc-channels=#fedora-docs, #fedora-mktg, #fedora-admin, #fedora-advisory-board, #fedora-ambassadors, #fredlug (and others) |
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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: | | I work for an MNC in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I am an OpenSource Promoter. |
| * The [[Docs Project | 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 help drive the [http://fredlug.tux.org/ Fredericksburg (VA) Linux Users Group] (FredLUG), which meets twice monthly in my hometown.
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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.
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| == Active Documents ==
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| * [[/Drafts| Drafts and Downloads]]
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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:
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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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| * Installation Guides for FC4, FC5
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| * SELinux FAQ for FC5
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| * 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|fedora-release-notes}} -- Release Notes for Fedora
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| * {{package|foremost}} -- Recover files by "carving" them from a raw disk
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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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| * 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 a Contributor ====
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| * Help develop a content management system to serve the needs of multiple teams such as the [[Marketing]] and [[Design]] teams.
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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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| === 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)
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| MEDIUM/LOW: XML/XSL/XSLT, Python, C/C++
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| == GPG Information ==
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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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| [[Category:Ambassadors from the USA]]
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