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For nm.debian.org, at 2025-05-12:
I support Matheus Polkorny <mpolkorny@gmail.com>'s request to become a Debian Maintainer.
I have worked with Matheus Polkorny on rsync, libsmb2, hashrat, curl, medusa, and others,
for 1 year and I consider them as having sufficient technical competence.

Polkorny started contributing as part of the Debian Brasil mentorship program
in May 2024, I was the advocate for his first package back then.

He's a frequent participant of the mentorship weekly calls, having had a short
time-off but returning in November.

Polkorny wasn't shy of working on difficult problems such as writing the whole
DEP-3 d/copyright file for the rsync package. His work there was thorough and
exposed many uncertainties around how we are supposed to deal with a few cases.

Once he worked on this, I've noticed he started reviewing other people's
d/copyright files and spotting issues that other DDs would (maybe even some
that DDs would have missed).

Polkorny knows the etiquette and how to approach upstream developers, he doesn't
need help forwarding patches and has coordinated improvements to the medusa
package with upstream.

I have reviewed at least one NMU, one stable-proposed-update (CVE fix) and one
NEW package.

I'm happy that he's applying to be DM and I hope to see him become  a DD soon.

I have personally worked with Matheus Polkorny <mpolkorny@gmail.com>
(key 7110FF7C72ED772A5447628A4A1CA85A38FBEE5A) for 1 year, and I know Matheus Polkorny
can be trusted to have upload rights for their own packages, right now.

Signed with key BFAE 9E33 1A86 7A7C 80D8 EB78 F4E4 ACDB B8D0 8BE0

samueloph

2025-05-12

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For nm.debian.org, at 2025-05-13:

I support Matheus Polkorny <mpolkorny@gmail.com>'s request to become a Debian Maintainer.

I have worked with Matheus Polkorny sponsoring some of his packages
(like nethogs) for almost 1 year and I consider him as having
sufficient technical competence.

Polkorny has been very active and engaged in the Debian Brasil
community; he's always demonstrated interest in improving his
packaging skills and is good at figuring out hard problems by himself.
He asks questions when he is not sure about something, and when he
does so I notice that he usually spent some time investigating things
first, which is a great trait in a Debian Developer.

I had the opportunity to meet him in person during the last
MiniDebConf in Maceió, and I know that he is serious about expanding
his contributions to the project.

I have personally worked with Matheus Polkorny <mpolkorny@gmail.com>
(key 7110FF7C72ED772A5447628A4A1CA85A38FBEE5A) for almost 1 year, and
I know Matheus Polkorny can be trusted to have upload rights for their
own packages, right now.

Signed with key 237A 54B1 0287 28BF 00EF 31F4 D0EB 7628 65FC 5E36

sergiodj

2025-05-13

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Date	Author	Action	Content	Public
2025-05-13 01:26	sergiodj	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2025-05-13 01:26	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2025-05-12 23:58	samueloph	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2025-05-12 23:58	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes