Introduction

[Frazer, Cody R]

Hello,

My name is Cody Frazer and I'm interested
in helping with the Fedora Project. I'm most
interested in doing system administration and
the like. I live near St. Louis, Missouri (CST).

I have one year of college towards a B.S. in
Computational Physics and Computer Science
where I worked in C++, Visual Basic, PHP, MySQL
and Perl. This past year, I've worked as a full-time
web developer at Concordia Publishing House, where
I work mostly in Ruby on Rails. We have a small team
so we have to manage our servers and do our own
database, systems, and network administration.

I'm an avid Vim user and I enjoy streamlining my
configuration for maximum productivity. I really
enjoy writing scripts in bash and ruby do normal
filesystem activities (doing advanced/specific
large-scale file movement/finding/changing). I
also have a sort of file system OCD. I'm very
particular about what gets added to my system.
I love making sure that every tool and development
method I use is keeping my system in pristine
condition. I love making sure that changes are
modular, unobtrusive, and easily controllable/removable.
My favorite language for sys. admin. is ruby.

I'm willing and excited to learn anything necessary.
One of my favorite things is learning new things and
improving my toolkit.

Here's a list of skills that I possess:
C: familiar/basic
C++: basic
Perl: basic
Python: basic
Lisp: basic
Visual Basic: basic
Ruby: intermediate
Rails: intermediate
Fedora: basic-intermediate
Bash: intermediate
Apache: basic
Java: basic
Linux: basic-intermediate
MySQL: basic-intermediate
TCL: familiar
Tk: familiar-basic
PHP: basic

I want to join Fedora Project for a few reasons:

1) it's a large project and it seems like there's enough
to do that I can do a lot of what I enjoy (sys. admin.)

2) I'm very appreciative of Fedora and Open Source
software, in general. It's given me soo much, so I'd
like to use my skills to give back. I couldn't imagine
being a developer/scientist without Open Source and
Linux.

3) Fedora was my first and remains one of my favorite
Linux distributions. I use it and am invested in helping
to improve/support it.

I really would like to do anything involving system administration.
I love scripting and automating things for developers to
make development streamlined. I'm also very passionate
about having the best tools available. I'm constantly
critically analyzing every tool I use. I think I'd like to do
this on the operating system level - make sure it's running
smooth, not full of junk, and provides the best environment
for development, deployment, or whatever else it is made to do.

Currently, I'm working two jobs for 7 days a week and 60-70 hours.
I'm pretty busy, but I've got great time management skills. I like
maximizing my time so that I'm always learning or working. I
can easily reserve Saturday mornings for work and probably
a few hours for a couple evenings during the week. I can guarantee
4 hours on Saturday at the least. At most, I can guarantee that
and 2 hours Monday - Thursday, and 4 on Friday. So 4 hrs./wk. minimum
and 16 hrs./wk. maximum. I'm thinking that the average I'll be
able/expecting to spend is 10 hrs./wk.

Hope this wasn't too much information or useless babble! :)

Thanks,
Cody

[Frazer, Cody R]

Oh, and I also avidly use Git. I use it for every new
project I start and even for things like system
configurations.

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[infrastructure-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Frazer, Cody R
[crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:04 AM
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Subject: Introduction

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:04:05 -0500
"Frazer, Cody R" <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:

>  Hello, 
Greetings!

>  My name is Cody Frazer and I'm interested
>  in helping with the Fedora Project. I'm most
>  interested in doing system administration and
>  the like. I live near St. Louis, Missouri (CST). 
...snip...

>  Hope this wasn't too much information or useless babble! :)
Not at all. :) 

Welcome!

If you haven't already, take a look at: 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/GettingStarted
and
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_be_a_successful_contributor

We do the vast majority of our communication on IRC, so if you can lurk
in #fedora-admin and/or #fedora-noc and ask questions or offer to help
with things please do. 

We have serveral applications if you are interested in the programming
side of things. We always have tons of sysadmin type tickets if you are
interested in that side of things. ;) 

Again, welcome and hope to chat with you soon!

kevin

[Frazer, Cody R]

I am certainly interested in the regular sys. admin.
duties, as well as the programming.

Where can I learn more about the programs that are
currently in use (the ones that may need additional
programming)?

Also, is there a group or person who is most closely
associated with automation scripting? (This is what
I'm most interested in, but I would love to just help
with anything at all.)

Based on what I'm interested in, are there any specific
people I should look to for sponsorship?

Cody

On 4/22/11 12:23 PM, "Kevin Fenzi" <kevin(a)scrye.com&gt; wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:04:05 -0500
> "Frazer, Cody R" <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:
>
> > Hello,
>
> Greetings!
>
> > My name is Cody Frazer and I'm interested
> > in helping with the Fedora Project. I'm most
> > interested in doing system administration and
> > the like. I live near St. Louis, Missouri (CST).
>
> ...snip...
>
> > Hope this wasn't too much information or useless babble! :)
>
> Not at all. :) 
>
> Welcome!
>
> If you haven't already, take a look at:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/GettingStarted
> and
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_be_a_successful_contributor
>
> We do the vast majority of our communication on IRC, so if you can lurk
> in #fedora-admin and/or #fedora-noc and ask questions or offer to help
> with things please do.
>
> We have serveral applications if you are interested in the programming
> side of things. We always have tons of sysadmin type tickets if you are
> interested in that side of things. ;)
>
> Again, welcome and hope to chat with you soon!
>
> kevin

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:08:13 -0500
"Frazer, Cody R" <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:

>  I am certainly interested in the regular sys. admin.
>  duties, as well as the programming. 
Excellent. 

>  Where can I learn more about the programs that are
>  currently in use (the ones that may need additional
>  programming)? 
Most of our apps have their own project space on fedorahosted.org. The
big ones: 

bodhi (updates manager app)
pkgdb (package database)
fas (fedora account system)
koji (build system)
smolt (stats gathering package/database)
mirrormanager (manages mirrors users get and much more)
elections (simple voting app)
community (community information app)

>  Also, is there a group or person who is most closely
>  associated with automation scripting? (This is what
>  I'm most interested in, but I would love to just help
>  with anything at all.) 
Well, depends on which part you mean... we use kickstart and puppet and
such to automate a lot of things. ;) 

>  Based on what I'm interested in, are there any specific
>  people I should look to for sponsorship? 
For the devel/apps side, look over the above and then specific folks
are likely better than others depending on what app you want to work
on. For general sysadmin stuff hang out in #fedora-admin/#fedora-noc
and someone can assist in sponsoring you. 

Hope that helps. 

>  Cody 
kevin
--
>  On 4/22/11 12:23 PM, "Kevin Fenzi" <kevin(a)scrye.com&gt;
> wrote:
>  
>  >On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:04:05 -0500
>  >"Frazer, Cody R" <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  >> Hello,
>  >
>  >Greetings!
>  >
>  >> My name is Cody Frazer and I'm interested
>  >> in helping with the Fedora Project. I'm most
>  >> interested in doing system administration and
>  >> the like. I live near St. Louis, Missouri (CST).
>  >
>  >...snip...
>  >
>  >> Hope this wasn't too much information or useless babble! :)
>  >
>  >Not at all. :) 
>  >
>  >Welcome!
>  >
>  >If you haven't already, take a look at:
>  >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/GettingStarted
>  >and
>  >https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_be_a_successful_contributor
>  >
>  >We do the vast majority of our communication on IRC, so if you can
>  >lurk in #fedora-admin and/or #fedora-noc and ask questions or offer
>  >to help with things please do.
>  >
>  >We have serveral applications if you are interested in the
>  >programming side of things. We always have tons of sysadmin type
>  >tickets if you are interested in that side of things. ;)
>  >
>  >Again, welcome and hope to chat with you soon!
>  >
>  >kevin
>  
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[Frazer, Cody R]

On 4/25/11 12:49 PM, "Kevin Fenzi" <kevin(a)scrye.com&gt; wrote:

> Most of our apps have their own project space on fedorahosted.org.
> The
> big ones:
>
> bodhi (updates manager app)
> pkgdb (package database)
> fas (fedora account system)
> koji (build system)
> smolt (stats gathering package/database)
> mirrormanager (manages mirrors users get and much more)
> elections (simple voting app)
> community (community information app) 
I'll probably checkout the code for these tonight and
look through them. All of these seem truly interesting.
Especially koji and bodhi.

Cody

[Jon Stanley]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Frazer, Cody R <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:

>  My name is Cody Frazer and I'm interested
>  in helping with the Fedora Project. I'm most
>  interested in doing system administration and
>  the like. I live near St. Louis, Missouri (CST 
With that location, you had better be a Cardinals fan. If so, instant
sponsorship! If not, well......a referral to a psychiatrist may be in
order :)

Anyway, welcome to FI, and enjoy your time here (no matter what your
baseball persuasions), and seriously let me know if you need anything.

Jon "Originally from STL but now lives in NYC" Stanley

[Frazer, Cody R]

Thanks for the welcome!

And I am, in fact, a Cards fan. Just went to Friday's game, actually. :)

Cody
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[infrastructure-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Jon Stanley
[jonstanley(a)gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 6:07 PM
To: Fedora Infrastructure
Subject: Re: Introduction

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Frazer, Cody R <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:

>  My name is Cody Frazer and I'm interested
>  in helping with the Fedora Project. I'm most
>  interested in doing system administration and
>  the like. I live near St. Louis, Missouri (CST 
With that location, you had better be a Cardinals fan. If so, instant
sponsorship! If not, well......a referral to a psychiatrist may be in
order :)

Anyway, welcome to FI, and enjoy your time here (no matter what your
baseball persuasions), and seriously let me know if you need anything.

Jon "Originally from STL but now lives in NYC" Stanley
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[Clint Savage]

Oh, you just made him jealous! Nice work!

Welcome!

Clint

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Frazer, Cody R <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:
>  Thanks for the welcome!
>
>  And I am, in fact, a Cards fan. Just went to Friday's game, actually. :)
>
>  Cody
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> [infrastructure-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Jon Stanley
> [jonstanley(a)gmail.com]
>  Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 6:07 PM
>  To: Fedora Infrastructure
>  Subject: Re: Introduction
>
>  On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Frazer, Cody R <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:
>
> > My name is Cody Frazer and I'm interested
> > in helping with the Fedora Project. I'm most
> > interested in doing system administration and
> > the like. I live near St. Louis, Missouri (CST
>
>  With that location, you had better be a Cardinals fan. If so, instant
>  sponsorship! If not, well......a referral to a psychiatrist may be in
>  order :)
>
>  Anyway, welcome to FI, and enjoy your time here (no matter what your
>  baseball persuasions), and seriously let me know if you need anything.
>
>  Jon "Originally from STL but now lives in NYC" Stanley
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[Frazer, Cody R]

:) Thanks!

Cody
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[infrastructure-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Clint Savage
[herlo1(a)gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 9:06 PM
To: Fedora Infrastructure
Subject: Re: Introduction

Oh, you just made him jealous! Nice work!

Welcome!

Clint

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Frazer, Cody R <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:
>  Thanks for the welcome!
>
>  And I am, in fact, a Cards fan. Just went to Friday's game, actually. :)
>
>  Cody
>  ________________________________________
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> [infrastructure-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Jon Stanley
> [jonstanley(a)gmail.com]
>  Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 6:07 PM
>  To: Fedora Infrastructure
>  Subject: Re: Introduction
>
>  On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Frazer, Cody R <crfrazer(a)mckendree.edu&gt; wrote:
>
> > My name is Cody Frazer and I'm interested
> > in helping with the Fedora Project. I'm most
> > interested in doing system administration and
> > the like. I live near St. Louis, Missouri (CST
>
>  With that location, you had better be a Cardinals fan. If so, instant
>  sponsorship! If not, well......a referral to a psychiatrist may be in
>  order :)
>
>  Anyway, welcome to FI, and enjoy your time here (no matter what your
>  baseball persuasions), and seriously let me know if you need anything.
>
>  Jon "Originally from STL but now lives in NYC" Stanley
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>  
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