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I fully support Manuel Traut <manut@mecka.net>'s request to become Debian
Developer, uploading. I have worked with Manuel on immutable Debian images for
mobile phones that required interaction with upstream maintainers as well as
different Debian package maintainers.

I have worked with Manuel Traut <manut@mecka.net> (key
3DD87FCD3C06A76D0FC83E383A88669D54BA35B8) via Matrix and salsa multiple times
and I believe Manuel Traut <manut@mecka.net> can be trusted to to be a full
member of Debian, and have unsupervised, unrestricted upload rights, right now.

Signed with key 0DB3 9327 62F7 8E59 2F65 22AF BB5A 2C77 5841 22D3

agx

2026-02-14

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For nm.debian.org, at 2026-03-25:
I support Manuel Traut <manut@mecka.net>'s request to become a Debian Developer (with upload privileges).
I have worked with Manuel Traut on libusbgx, usbmuxctl, and labgrid (which he introduced after I had removed it)
for 3 years and I consider him as having sufficient technical competence.

Manuel works even on bigger tasks than the three packages that I have mentioned, e.g., on gnome-podcasts with
several newly introduced rust dependencies, which is work that I have also followed.
Also, I think he is a good cultural fit for Debian as he was involved as a speaker on a Debconf and now as a Minidebconf organizer.
His work on mobile Debian is also an important contribution.

I have personally worked with Manuel Traut <manut@mecka.net>
(key 3DD87FCD3C06A76D0FC83E383A88669D54BA35B8) for 3 years, and I know Manuel Traut
can be trusted to be a full member of Debian, and have unsupervised, unrestricted upload rights, right now.

Signed with key 2861 2573 17C7 AEE4 F880 497E C386 0AC5 9F57 4E3A

bage

2026-03-25

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Log

Date	Author	Action	Content	Public
2026-03-25 07:59	bage	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2026-03-25 07:59	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes
2026-02-14 18:11	agx	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2026-02-14 18:11	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes