gregdek ([info]gregdek) wrote,
@ 2006-12-06 20:48:00
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Another job at Red Hat
So since we're advertising jobs on our blogs now... :)

There's a job opportunity at Red Hat for "someone who *really* knows how to build good RPMs."

Here's the deal: as Red Hat gets bigger, more and more people want to package software to run with RHEL and Fedora. In the community, we've already got lots of good folks who do this, and do it well. But potential partners aren't always so clear on the process, and they don't necessarily have the deep community roots to build upon. Sometimes, vendors can use a bit of help.

So I said, "wouldn't it be perfect if we could find people with community-developed expertise in packaging RPMs for this position?" And somebody listened.

If you're interested, O you community giants, apply for the job -- and drop me a line letting me know you've applied, so when it comes time to tiptoe through the resumes, I can put Gold Stars on the ones from Fedora-land.



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[info]spot
2006-12-06 10:49 pm UTC (link)
I was with you up until I read "RHN". :/

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Heh.
[info]gregdek
2006-12-06 10:57 pm UTC (link)
Ignore the RHN part. srsly.

Look, here's the dilly-yo: any candidate who has ever built an RPM according to community-established guidelines will go straight to the front of the line. (I'm lookin' at you, FESCO members.)

We need more people in the company who have experience in the community. Fedora Extras has been a successful model for us, a way for Smart People to Make Stuff that Works. We need more of Those People.

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SO Needed
[info]rtlm10
2006-12-18 05:59 am UTC (link)
As a major Red Hat customer I can't express how excited this job makes me. Its been something Red Hat (and the community as a whole) has needed for a long time.

If you've ever seen the RPMs that some of the ISVs are putting out today it would frighten you. RPMs should be that hard to package, but ISVs seem afraid of them and often will refuse to provide anything but a tarball of binaries with a install script far longer than it needs to be.

The person that takes this job will have the opportunity to improve the quality of software delivery across the board for RPM based distros. I for one can't wait to see the results of their hard work!

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[info]aklikins
2006-12-06 11:52 pm UTC (link)
Only freaks work for RHN. Freaks!

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