On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 05:48:58PM -0600, Harlan Lieberman-Berg wrote: > On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 4:38 PM Lucas Nussbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Based on recent discussions, it sounds like we probably need a > > discussion in the framework of a GR to understand where we stand > > regarding AI-assisted contributions to Debian. > > > Hello Lucas, all, > > With all due respect to your work on drafting this, Lucas, I strongly urge > us not to go through with a GR on this topic yet. This is something which > both us and the larger free software community is still actively debating, > and a GR is a tool for when a decision is ready to be made. Having a GR on > this matter now is premature and will be extremely divisive -- even > schismatic. > > As someone with personally strong feelings about AI, I still believe that > we are better off with the current status quo where we can still discuss, > rather than vote and decide.
That's so very much well said. Thanks to Lucas for bringing this up in such a peaceful, well-intentioned, and non-passionate tone. I hope this can be a good starting point for discussion, but not yet for -vote :-) There has been some interesting input from that (too?) old thread (mostly from Russ and Zack I'd say): https://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2024/05/threads.html Bests, -- Tiago Bortoletto Vaz
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