Post Syndicated from jzb original https://lwn.net/Articles/1087134/

The Debian Project is voting on the usage
of large language models (LLMs) to make contributions to the project. The first
proposal, sent in late July by Matthias Geiger, would expressly forbid any
contributions to Debian that are created by or with the assistance of LLMs. That
kicked off a firestorm of discussion and a flood of alternate proposals. Debian
developers are now voting on
eight proposals in total that range from banning LLM-assisted contributions
to explicitly approving them, as well as the standard “none of the above” option
that would leave Debian with no agreed policy.