• [$] Debian weighs eight options in vote on LLM usage

    From LWN.net@86:200/23 to All on Thursday, August 20, 2026 06:40:10

    The Debian Project is voting on the usage
    of large language models (LLMs) to make contributions to the project. The first
    proposal, sent in late July by Matthias Geiger, would expressly forbid any contributions to Debian that are created by or with the assistance of LLMs. That
    kicked off a firestorm of discussion and a flood of alternate proposals. Debian
    developers are now voting on
    eight proposals in total that range from banning LLM-assisted contributions
    to explicitly approving them, as well as the standard "none of the above" option
    that would leave Debian with no agreed policy.

    https://lwn.net/Articles/1087134/
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