On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Thomas S Hatch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Thomas Dziedzic <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Thomas S Hatch <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hello, ArchLinux Tus >> > >> > Xyne has agreed to sponsor me as a TU. I am very excited at the potential >> > opportunity to become more directly involved with the development of >> > ArchLinux. >> > >> > I atteneded Southern Utah University (SUU) where I studied Computer >> Science. >> > While at SUU I set up one of the first American ArchLinux mirrors, a >> mirror >> > which is still in operation – locke.suu.edu. At SUU I also worked as a >> > research assistant and developed a (now defunct) Linux distribution based >> on >> > Arch called Axiom Linux for rediculously parallel compute clusters. It >> was >> > based on Larch and involved a modified Arch installer, (this was before >> the >> > aif days). >> > >> > Since then I have worked as a trainer for Red Hat, then a systems >> software >> > developer for a United States DOD contractor and I am presently employed >> as >> > a Sr Systems Engineer at Beyond Oblivion. >> > >> > My contributions to Arch so far have been: >> > >> > Created and maintained a working puppet package for Arch, and updated the >> > existing puppet pacman code. >> > >> > Ported libguestfs to Arch, this involved working with the libguestfs >> > developers to create a build port specific to Arch since the build >> process >> > requires the creation of a specialized Arch Qemu Vm image. >> > >> > Set up MooseFS support for Arch – This is a VERY cool project that I >> > strongly recommend people take a look at : moosefs.org >> > >> > I have been working on standardizing the Ocaml packages for Arch and >> > currently maintain about 25 Ocaml packages. >> > >> > I am the author of the Varch Project: >> > >> > http://code.google.com/p/varch/ >> > >> > My packages and project staging repo is at: >> > >> > http://code.google.com/p/enterprise-archlinux/ >> > >> > I am working on a project that I hope will greatly benefit Arch called >> > quarters: >> > >> > http://code.google.com/p/quarters/ >> > >> > It is still sparse, I just started a re architect >> > >> > And my packages for you to look over: >> > >> > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=thatch45 >> > >> > All in all, I am deeply passionate about open source and Linux, I believe >> in >> > the pragmatic approach to Linux and have continued to find Arch as one >> of, >> > if the the, superior Linux distribution out there today, not only in >> > principal, but also in engineering. >> > >> > My hope is to assist in bringing ArchLinux further into the forefront of >> the >> > overall Linux community and to continue to port enterprise grade software >> to >> > Arch. >> > >> > Hopefully my current contributions suffice to allow me to work as a TU, >> if >> > there is anything in my contributions or packages that needs improvement, >> or >> > if there is anything else I can do to improve my standing, please let me >> > know so I can make my application as spotless as possible. >> > >> > -thatch45 >> > >> > -Thomas S Hatch >> > >> >> quarters seems like an interesting project. Also, can you give >> examples of enterprise grade software you would bring into >> [community], are you talking about the packages you currently >> maintain? Overall awesome, and +1 from me once you answer my question >> =) >> > > At this point yes, mostly things like puppet and libguestfs (of course > puppet still relies on ruby 1.8, so that will have to wait a bit still). One > of my goals is really to bring more automation and virtualization support to > Arch. > > Also to bring in things like func and certmaster, and to package more > automation systems than just puppet. > > I also want to bring a number of technologies used by Red Hat to Arch, and > by technologies I mean more along the lines of copying things that we know > have worked for other distros. This would involve the quarters project and > varch of course (so koji for redhat == quarters for Arch; thincrust for > redhat == varch for Arch). but also get a number of the fedorahosted > projects that could benefit Arch ported over (I still need to query which > ones to bring over). > > That, and anything I can come up with that would benefit Arch of course :) >
Ok, but do keep in mind to bring in packages with over 10 votes, otherwise +1 from me :)
