Ansgar 🙀 <[email protected]> wrote on 23/07/2026 at 16:41:08+0200:
> Hi, > > On Thu, 2026-07-23 at 16:28 +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: >> > Yes, and Debian extracts work from many "repo from which work can be >> > extracted into a distro" that are not under Debian's control and for >> > which Debian cannot enforce/implement policies. >> > >> > What is the difference of a LLM pushing into, for example, the python >> > upstream repository vs. a LLM pushing into a packaging repository for >> > python (which also might already include the work the former LLM >> > pushed)? >> > >> > Ansgar >> >> We are free to have a higher standard for ourselves that others do. > > Given we don't have mandatory code reviews, we certainly don't do that. Which doesn't mean we shouldn't aim to that, especially with generative AI production. >> The fact that upstream do have lower standards and do accept their >> agents to effectively push potentially problematic code or content >> into their repos is their right. > > The claim that upstreams have lower standards doesn't seem warranted. To me, allowing a generative AI agent/model to push code on its own is a lower standard that what I would expect. > I've seen enough bad code in Debian. Are you stating that "because some people are not doing a great job, we should lower the bar so that even them fulfill our expectations"? -- PEB
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