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General Resolution: LLM Usage in Debian

by zdw on 7/25/2026, 7:44:39 PM

https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002

Comments

by: mike_hock

I certainly hope they'll choose C.

7/25/2026, 11:13:51 PM


by: russfink

What comprises “assistance?” Getting Claude Code to find bugs, suggest a fix, but a human actually editing the source files and testing the result - is that assistance? Perhaps this policy is as it says: a guiding principle that the community is expected to follow.

7/25/2026, 10:43:43 PM


by: rixed

<p><pre><code> &gt; Documentation and translations added by Debian contributors </code></pre> I wonder what fraction of Trixie already violates this requirement of the first proposal...

7/25/2026, 10:40:03 PM


by: carterschonwald

i think the line is: expressing that you reputationally certify its correct and its worth the time

7/25/2026, 11:06:05 PM


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7/25/2026, 9:53:50 PM


by: TZubiri

Interesting that this makes no distinction from using LLM output and using LLM assistance. An overly strict policy is better than no policy, but I wonder if using llm for conversation and analysis, but not code&#x2F;config generation, was discussed.

7/25/2026, 10:30:34 PM


by: dismalaf

Curious what the &quot;use&quot; or &quot;assistance&quot; of LLM models means. I mostly use Gemini as a front-end to search Google without getting ads or SEO garbage, would that be forbidden?

7/25/2026, 10:56:32 PM


by: mt42or

Good so Debian will die soon or later.

7/25/2026, 10:26:39 PM