-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 For nm.debian.org, at 2026-09-17: I support Michele Cane 's request to become a Debian Maintainer. I have worked with Michele Cane on sponsoring uploads of rust-clipper2, rust-clipper2c-sys, rust-earcut, rust-flo-curves, rust-malachite-base, rust-malachite-bigint, rust-malachite-nz, rust-nalgebra-sparse, rust-numpy, rust-pyo3-stub-gen, rust-pyo3-stub-gen-derive, rust-rustpython-ast, rust-rustpython-parser, rust-spade, rust-visioncortex, and rust-vtracer since June 2026, and I consider them as having sufficient technical competence. I sponsored twenty-five of Michele's uploads to unstable between 2026-06-18 and 2026-09-16 (fifteen distinct source packages, all in the Debian Rust Maintainers / debcargo-conf tree). Those included NEW/ITP work such as rust-clipper2 (#1141518), rust-clipper2c-sys (#1141519), rust-malachite-bigint (#1141517), and rust-pyo3-stub-gen-derive (#1141522); repeated portability and tooling fixes on rust-clipper2c-sys and rust-numpy (including i386/Hurd and autopkgtest fallout around #1146390 / #1146842); and coordinated upstream bumps across the malachite / visioncortex / vtracer / flo-curves / rustpython stack that feeds Rayforge. Beyond the packages I personally sponsored, I have also reviewed Michele's full 2026 sponsored-upload history in Debian (about fifty uploads across twenty-five source packages, from several sponsors including werdahias, jcfp, capitol, eamanu, and myself). The coherent goal is bringing Rayforge and its C++/Python/Rust dependency tree into Debian. Outside my uploads, that includes clipper2 and the Python side (python-raygeo, python-vtracer, python-pyvips, python-asyncudp, rayforge). The work shows competent debcargo packaging, multi-arch/non-x86 debugging, NEW follow-through, and sustained collaboration with the Rust and Python teams rather than one-off drive-by uploads. Michele is also a returning contributor (previously a Debian Maintainer around 2013; DebConf13 organizing team) who restarted serious packaging under heiserhorn in 2026. I have personally worked with Michele Cane (key 633E7738595918C4270E473BECFF3EB4030E6E7E) through direct sponsorship from June through September 2026 (and have reviewed their wider 2026 packaging work), and I know Michele Cane can be trusted to have upload rights for their own packages, right now. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEXHq+og+GMEWcyMi14n8s+EWML6QFAmqsEboACgkQ4n8s+EWM L6Q0oA/9HcrJsygPbjoKmoWzvF6TPKWWm+Lf4WR6xLzeiX5FGoh24xexFhSHk1N0 UwvEidZDWnFtbEIPsGAc1los0jdEFIfRb7iHGawcG0GJZN3TH27MlNkIZYeq+kgr W4Xg9LifFP2PGCalBzJPkdU1NqjnMzd3f4r8ZHlxmqUdWh/oQCjP4JaeKSQ3X9rW riUW4YggejITAJly77uRLl3xL+ohu4uwTaQkdZJ3+4faGX5/AYfM6GJWPP74Njva U2OunZPlctvCMkHML0q+GnpwdBB5XYf3YjM8IM8Q4gvqRGt3ios9nVOY+IY9Nxyn v20qTDtr6gzDvpx11ofl5MJtS5gRoiythVQW0FpkAyQPGMSrAf1ueXIp2ceTcL6N hO7xG/EM/difzEmra0Vw/ULyRGr+yVh3MUqB1Frw5rPBHP3mNZPlE89Nuu0Dqv4h qaNE3SpssH2oC/HiTaZ0quqKnL9J7u3vfPpMsMvK1hPajdZWhfZM6XL93auXa5TA OtXfsl3Bv4uFb3SlHiQJtXt/pXmJHLDNk7ak6y47gJauOGbIFzWFpldWl2G3Z7OW +sSwmbokR5Nry3hmO6+RjjeGLM6snFfLfMhb/8Zrv1Malu4UYKPEsABVEnvSpN5f b9mnVt/+S2BE15gJGkw36OCkAcumDe+msSTThxs9ZB//uMEeQec= =3bYO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----