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This page collects statements of advocacy for Stewart Ferguson <stew@ferg.aero> to become a Debian Maintainer.

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For nm.debian.org, March 22nd, 2019:

I hereby support Stewart Ferguson <stew@ferg.aero>'s request to become
Debian Maintainer.

I have worked with Stewart Ferguson on several Python packages for 6
months, and I deem him able to maintain his packages by himself.

My first interactions with Stewart showed him as being mostly clueless
about our community, but after giving him very little guidance he
quickly gathered his bearings, and actively started his contributions.
He appreciated my harsh remarks I made to his packages, and seek to do
better.  More importantly, he has been able to provide clear and
well-thought reasoning to his decisions, instead of just "appeasing
lintian".  In short, I see great potential for growth here.

Even in our communications, I appreciated the tone of his words and the
stance he would take while answering to me, and even if I haven't seen
him take part in any public discussion, I'm still positive about the
level of contributions he could bring forth.


I have personally worked with Stewart Ferguson <stew@ferg.aero> (key
12EA56E806E370882A198F71186CF99F98E75ABD) for half a year, and I know
Stewart Ferguson can be trusted to have upload rights for their own
packages, right now.

Signed with key 66AE 2B4A FCCF 3F52 DA18 4D18 4B04 3FCD B944 4540

mattia

2019-03-22

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Date	Author	Action	Content	Public
2019-03-22 12:02	mattia	add_statement	Added a new statement	yes
2019-03-22 12:02	nm@debian.org	req_approve	New statement received, the requirement seems satisfied	yes