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For nm.debian.org, at 2025-09-23:
I support Aquila Macedo <aquilamacedo@riseup.net>'s request to become a Debian
Developer, uploading.

I have worked with Aquila Macedo on QA uploads, curl and packages from the
security-tools packaging team for at least 3 years, having sponsored uploads
for 1 year and a half and I consider them as having sufficient technical
competence.

I've met Aquila in DebConf 22, and by that time he was already a contributor
from the Debian Brasil mentorship program.

We met weekly in the Debian Brasil mentorship calls and his progress in the
last 3 years has been amazing.

We've worked together on complex CVE fixes backportings for the curl package,
and he has taken the initiative of fixing other types of issues more than once,
resulting in important upstream contributions.

At this point in time, he's a key contributor from our community, helping
others and working on things beyond the local mentorship program. He has made
meaningful contributions to the project and it's important to recognize this
now.

I have personally worked with Aquila Macedo <aquilamacedo@riseup.net> (key
15D407B7843776118BAEDB8E3C7F6AF85A6CD440) for 3 years, and I know Aquila Macedo
can be trusted to be a full member of Debian, and have unsupervised,
unrestricted upload rights, right now.

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

samueloph

2025-09-23

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For nm.debian.org, at 2025-09-22:
I support Aquila Macedo <aquilamacedo@riseup.net>'s request to become a Debian
Developer, uploading.

I have worked with Aquila Macedo mainly on packaging work (particularly Ruby
packages) and on building our local community for around 7 years, and I
consider them as having sufficient technical competence.

Aquila’s involvement with the Debian Project started back in high school —
which is quite exceptional in the Brazilian context. He actively participated
in gatherings and conferences we organized in Brasília, always showing
eagerness to learn and a strong willingness to support newcomers.

He is one of the most easy-going and collaborative people I know, making it
truly enjoyable to work with him. I am proud of how much he has grown, both
technically and personally. His contributions to Salsa CI have been excellent,
and his packaging work has been consistently reliable.

I am confident that Aquila will continue contributing meaningfully to Debian in
the long term, and I believe he is fully prepared to become a Debian Developer.

I have personally worked with Aquila Macedo <aquilamacedo@riseup.net> (key
15D407B7843776118BAEDB8E3C7F6AF85A6CD440) for around 7 years, and I know Aquila
Macedo can be trusted to be a full member of Debian, and have unsupervised,
unrestricted upload rights, right now.

Signed with key 8ED6 C3F8 BAC9 DB7F C130 A870 F823 A272 9883 C97C

kanashiro

2025-09-22

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For nm.debian.org, at 2025-10-05:
I support Aquila Macedo <aquilamacedo@riseup.net>'s request to become a Debian
Developer, uploading.

I've met Aquila in-person in MiniDebConf Brasília 2023, but he was on our
online meetings since 2022. He's always eager to learn, easy-going to talk and
available to help on whatever is needed. He has helped our local mentorship
program by presenting a talk about Debian to students of University of
Brasília, helping to answer questions on our weekly calls and reviewing
student's merge requests on Salsa.

I have worked with Aquila Macedo on packages of the Debian Security Tools
Packaging Team, neomutt and curl multiple times, including stable updates and
backports, for 2 years and I consider them as having sufficient technical
competence.

I have to apologize for being very late here, but I couldn't not send this
message. Aquila will be a terrific addition as a DD and I'm pretty sure he will
help to spread Debian around Brazil.

I have personally worked with Aquila Macedo <aquilamacedo@riseup.net> (key
15D407B7843776118BAEDB8E3C7F6AF85A6CD440) for 2 years, and I know Aquila
Macedo can be trusted to be a full member of Debian, and have unsupervised,
unrestricted upload rights, right now.

Signed with key 61C8 1DF2 2F4C 386D 0CCA BCA7 5291 703B FA09 034E

charles

2025-10-05

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Log

Date	Author	Action	Content	Public
2025-10-05 14:10	charles	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2025-10-05 14:10	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2025-09-23 20:36	samueloph	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2025-09-23 20:36	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2025-09-22 20:59	kanashiro	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2025-09-22 20:59	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes