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This requirement has been approved by Housekeeping Robot <nm@debian.org> 4 months, 2 weeks ago.

This process has been closed by noodles on 2025-06-24: no further modifications are possible.

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For nm.debian.org, at 2025-02-05:

I would like to advocate for the application of Cordell Bloor as a
Debian Developper with upload rights.

Cory is working on the integration of the AMD ROCm software stack since
late 2021, first as an advisor, then as a contributor, and then as a
Debian Maintainer since 2023.  The software stack is made of a
multiplicity of packages that are as many components, ranging from
simple utilities, to libraries, to compiler targeting GPU platforms.

I could witness Cory work with rigor on the packaging of the multiple
components of the stack, being of great help with the intricacies of
upstream code, and having provided a helping hand to maintainers of the
reverse dependencies that begun to make use of the newly integrated
capabilities to make use of AMD GPUs via ROCm in Debian.

I have personally worked with Cordell Bloor <cgmb@slerp.xyz> (with key
0CE0 6FE3 92AA 48F8 D22E  4471 F9EF 8EE0 C021 630F) for several years.
I know Cordell Bloor can be trusted to have full, unsupervised,
unrestricted upload to the archive right now.

Thank you,
Étienne.

Signed with key 8F91 B227 C7D6 F2B1 948C 8236 793C F67E 8F0D 11DA

emollier

2025-02-05

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For nm.debian.org, at 2025-02-05:
I support Cordell Bloor <cgmb@slerp.xyz>'s request to become a Debian Developer, uploading.

Cordell has been one of the main ROCm strike forces for a very long time. Granting the
full access will definitely make further development work smoother. We know each other
in person.

While most of Cordell's packages are not sponsored by me, I have at least witnessed the
development process in the team (Cordell's activity can also be found in the public mailing
list archive of debian-ai@lists.debian.org).

I have personally worked with Cordell Bloor <cgmb@slerp.xyz>
(key 0CE06FE392AA48F8D22E4471F9EF8EE0C021630F) for at least one year, and I know Cordell Bloor
can be trusted to be a full member of Debian, and have unsupervised, unrestricted upload rights, right now.

Signed with key 638B C75E C1E5 C589 067E 35DE 6264 5EB3 5F68 6A8A

lumin

2025-02-05

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For nm.debian.org, at 2025-02-06:
I support Cordell Bloor <cgmb@slerp.xyz>'s request to become a Debian
Developer, uploading.

Within the Debian ROCm Team, I have worked with Cory on the ROCm stack for two
years, during which I have sponsored many of Cory's uploads. It has long been
evident that Cory is sufficiently technically competent to work on his own;
Consequently, I have already granted Cory DM upload rights to more than a dozen
packages. I have since then monitored his solo work, and it continued to be
impeccable.

Cory and I also served as mentors in GSoC2024, during which we also had the
chance to meet personally.

I have personally worked with Cordell Bloor <cgmb@slerp.xyz>
(key 0CE06FE392AA48F8D22E4471F9EF8EE0C021630F) for two years, and I know
Cordell Bloor can be trusted to be a full member of Debian, and have
unsupervised, unrestricted upload rights, right now.

Signed with key 08F0 84DA 146C 873C 361A AFA8 E760 04C5 CEF0 C94C

ckk

2025-02-06

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Log

Date	Author	Action	Content	Public
2025-02-06 09:57	ckk	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2025-02-06 09:57	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2025-02-05 23:14	lumin	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2025-02-05 23:14	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2025-02-05 23:13	emollier	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2025-02-05 23:13	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes