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


== Roles ==
== Roles ==
* Tom 'spot' Callaway does not currently possess any notable mutant powers.
* 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.
* For 19 years (2001-2020), he was at Red Hat in a variety of roles including (but not limited to)
* He was responsible for the Aurora SPARC Linux Project, which was a port of Fedora to SPARC. This effort is long dead.
** He was the Fedora Engineering Manager
* He has worked for Red Hat since February 2001, and is worshipped by lemurs throughout the known universe.
** He was the Fedora Packaging Committee chair (responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices)
* He is currently leading the Fedora Packaging Committee, responsible for RPM Packaging Standards and Practices.
** He handled Fedora Legal tasks (and was the Fedora liason to Red Hat Legal)
* He handles Fedora Legal tasks (and is the Fedora liaison 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 ==
== Badges ==
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== Packages ==
== 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.
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)
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)


== Sponsor ==
== Sponsor ==

Latest revision as of 20:03, 28 October 2020

Tom 'spot' Callaway

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