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This page collects statements of advocacy for Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it> to become a Debian Maintainer.

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For nm.debian.org, at 2025-10-19:
I support Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it>'s request to become a Debian Maintainer.
I have worked with Renzo Davoli on packaging VirtualSquare tools for 5 years and I consider them as having sufficient technical competence.

For more details about the project and the packages see:
 
https://salsa.debian.org/virtualsquare-team 
https://wiki.virtualsquare.org/

Renzo Davoli is an Associate Professor of Computer Science (specifically at the University of Bologna, where he teaches Operating Systems) and a highly active and respected figure within the Free Software community.

https://www.cs.unibo.it/~renzo/

I have personally worked with Renzo Davoli <renzo@cs.unibo.it> (key BAF17B2FF82F3F114DFEE1142C65F79ED328E61B) for 5 years, and I know Renzo Davoli
can be trusted to have upload rights for their own packages, right now.

Signed with key 1AF8 6F81 3946 1B6B 4E4A F7B3 0BAF EEEF E969 BD54

capriott

2025-10-19

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Date	Author	Action	Content	Public
2025-10-19 16:40	capriott	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2025-10-19 16:40	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes