[aur-general] TU Application -Thomas Hatch

[Thomas S Hatch]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Thomas Dziedzic <gostrc at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Thomas Dziedzic <gostrc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Thomas S Hatch <thatch45 at gmail.com>
> >> 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 :)
>

Of course! I have no intention of just dumping a bunch of packages into
community that don't have the votes!

Thanks for the +1!