On 25/07/26 at 16:20 +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Lucas Nussbaum writes ("Re: GR: Ban LLM contributions from Debian"):
> > So, combined with (4) and (5), I understand that "We request" here means
> > something similar to "We recommend" or "We strongly advise", not "It is
> > required". Maybe it would be clearer to title that part
> > "RECOMMENDATIONS", and use "strongly recommend" instead of "request" in
> > 1, 2, 3?
>
> "Recommend" (and "advice") have very different meaning to "request".
> I think "request" is clear that whether to do as requested is
> optional.
ACK, thanks for that clarification. Together with the title "Reject
LLMs", I read the "Requests" as stronger statements that they actually
are.
I wonder if "Avoid the use of LLMs as far as practical" would be a
better title than "Reject LLMs". I note that "reject" is not used as an
action verb in the proposal except in (3.).
Lucas
