Hi, Am Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 02:42:40PM +0100 schrieb Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues: > I *am* grateful for the (mostly thankless) work done by the DFSG team but I > rather wait a year before my package makes it through NEW (yes, that happened) > than have my strong opposition to LLMs be ignored and all my uploads being > automatically screened without my consent. I think seeking prior discussion > for > this is especially warranted because (I hope) we learned in the GR discussion > on debian-vote that there are developers with strong opinions in either > direction. Why not talk about it first? > ...
I can imagine two practical benefits of the LLM-assisted workflow: 1. Help cope with the volume of NEW uploads. 2. Spot issues that might escape human inspection. As Johannes said, thanks to the DFSG team for working hard to keep NEW processing moving. I agree that it would have been better to announce this additional step beforehand, particularly given how sensitive the use of LLMs is in Debian. An alternative worth exploring would be to make preliminary checks available before upload, for example through methods such as Gateway to NEW[1]. This could help submitters identify issues early and reduce the workload for reviewers. I'd be excited to see human reviews outperforming LLMs, and I imagine the DFSG team would welcome examples that help improve the process. Regarding item 2: I have read the LLM reviews carefully, and in many cases their findings inspired additional commits to improve my packaging. In some cases, they even helped me catch mistakes that led me to reject an upload myself before human inspection. In short, announcing the workflow in advance and providing a way to opt in or out would have been better. Personally, I have found the reports helpful both for improving packaging quality and for catching issues before human review. I would welcome keeping this benefit while addressing the concerns about how the workflow was introduced. Kind regards Andreas. [1] https://salsa.debian.org/newgateway-team -- https://fam-tille.de
