On Thursday, February 19, 2026 4:47:33 AM Mountain Standard Time Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 19/02/26 at 11:58 +0100, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: > > Lucas Nussbaum <[email protected]> wrote on 19/02/2026 at 10:14:54+0100: > > > I believe we should focus on what is desirable specifically for the > > > Debian project. We should agree to disagree on AI in general, and > > > instead focus on how we can work together despite that disagreement. > > > > > > I don't want to rush things, but I also don't think that it's useful to > > > spend a lot of time rehashing arguments. > > > > Starting a GR thread this quick doesn't give the impression that > > discussions will be able to occur peacefully and as slowly as Debian > > might need. > > > > I'm a bit unsettled by the fact that you did go this way, especially > > because it doesn't give a sufficient amount of time to non-Debian > > Members to give us their opinion and feedback. > > At this point this is a draft: the GR process isn't formally started. > Even when it's formally started, we still have 3 weeks (or 4 if the DPL > extends it) to discuss it. > > You really think that we need more than 3 or 4 weeks to come up with a > suitable ballot to vote on?
I think it is suitable to start discussing this, and I think it needs to lead to a GR. We have reached the point where there are frequent emails claiming that someone should withdraw their contributions to Debian based on the use of AI. That means that it is no longer acceptable for Debian no to have an official AI policy. Thank you Lucas for taking the time to put this forward. -- Soren Stoutner [email protected]
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