Rejecting a class of contributions, without any reference to the *actual* quality or merit of the contribution sounds like a classic case of prejudice. Consider what your or public opinion would have been if the same package-specific policy were applied to all contributions from people from a specific continent or of a specific gender?
LLMs are not people, but the internal logic of the prejudice is exactly the same - you are assuming bad quality based on a very broad classificator applied on the source of the contribution. And you are also insulting the review capabilities of the actual person standing behind that submission. That might sound acceptable to you. I am sure that there are many other people in Debian who would think otherwise. Additionally it breaks the doocratic principle. On Mon, 27 Jul 2026 at 15:45, Ian Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > Marc Haber writes ("Draft permissive ballot option (was: GR: Ban LLM > contributions from Debian)"): > > DRAFT BALLOT OPTION > > This option leaves open the question of whether (for example) a > maintainer must engage with LLM generated submissions. > > For example, the src:dgit maitnainers regard LLM output as memetic > pollution, and do not want to read it. We do not want to review > LLM-generated code submissions, nor do we want to read LLM-generated > bug reports. > > If someone were to file an LLM-generated bug report, or MR, or > something, we would probably close it, stating this (package-specific) > policy. > > Perhaps such decisions are within the wide margin of appreciation we > already afford to maintainers. We allow maintainers to conduct active > sabotage of competing software, so why wouldn't we allow them to > decline certain classes of interaction. > > Nevertheless I think you should consider saying something explicit > about this question; I am sure that there are many other people with > similar views in Debian. > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Jackson <[email protected]> These opinions are my > own. > > Pronouns: they/he. If I emailed you from @fyvzl.net or @evade.org.uk, > that is a private address which bypasses my fierce spamfilter. > > -- Best regards, Aigars Mahinovs
