-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 For nm.debian.org, at 2026-01-16: I support Andreas Dolp <[email protected]>'s request to become a Debian Maintainer. I have worked with Andreas Dolp on packaging of the Suricata IDS and other packages from its ecosystem (libhtp, suricata-update) and I consider them as having sufficient technical competence.
Andreas has been and still is a long-time user of Suricata on Debian. At the beginning of our interactions, Andreas mainly tested Suricata stable backports provided by me. In July 2025, Andreas started contributing more deeply by finalizing work on a Suricata 8 package, paying attention to detail and showing knowledge of Debian practices. That meant finishing my preliminary work and also adding new features (landlock and hwloc support, etc.). Since the release of Suricata 8.0.x, Andreas has independently prepared upstream version updates for unstable and also had backports ready soon after testing migration. He also took care of addressing many security issues in stable that had been sitting untouched for a long time, preparing fixes from upstream patches and communicating with the security team. All of these uploads were sponsored by me and their preparation was done with diligence and consideration of the process. In other words, he was incredibly helpful and basically took over regular package maintenance from me -- and he definitely appears motivated to continue to do so. Andreas is also pleasant to work with and welcomes feedback. Our communication primarily took place via Discord (chat and video calls). I have personally worked with Andreas Dolp <[email protected]> (key 6EED8674F8A1557A057382AAD74D4EE0580CA4FC) for about 2 years, and I know he can be trusted to have upload rights for his own packages, right now. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEWzS6WqtVB+kDQm6F6NN64vCfSHIFAmlqAskACgkQ6NN64vCf SHI+pQ/9Fy+3bC73V0O9ZUgXw7eq2FdpVgcYq648tHvEQ73udiKIgyVvCQCzo3oF aLYR/VjW4X9VQnrETBUCKlpIsmsaH0nqfkJ/Ko/aaBR42+hKNL9UOc/gFyGIMuvd IrI9m9sZI4T9Bcm3mdt1Xcj3MGeBqKU/W3JyvHGfINa4ikn01Dp5oKKfFEACkMFW 9SEE+AHfxKT26ttTT1LpI3CKxJMy9/qEk+Qee8gmPuLmmFp7DG8ueB2HkrepwuBK JoG/CNsMGpQtbTImbq74IzUBjaxltcthkDfvcTClgR5fQ2CZznlFveuw+G0dvnZ9 EBrfZ6hqq+dwG+f8ajUA72dU6QkozImBNBqieoxlMAw4fgqH1LD6PyNUt4/RJZIt DJhRJw9Rw6ObNjIni8pfqMl4es4s+GuFUe2jBdgUFBV4SePfpzffjS+ZQUPZyFFp dJBc4RlMs6e+6Oq2roVqhD1Rkt+FkvL2efxZoK599pSIw2sdLWy3OLTjntNPVgQM cAANAQ+cJZnn/9hB7Tr4XEsrHlyLYAnHorq3JwB+7Ggc/hY14pBvyYT/i0/1bR4B Ix1pnsovCA8ooBEXBdyYGWKAPlR1YpshhgzIf7Qr3Gp+EndE1zLWb+3VrXloZ/Jr 7PJ/ZCRsfmOJIziZfxC8elranEMaXH3X+xCKhubQrieyqWoOeIM= =obaj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Sascha Steinbiss (via nm.debian.org) For details and to comment, visit https://nm.debian.org/process/1511/ -- https://nm.debian.org/process/1511/
