Re: GR -- Allow AI-Assisted Contributions

On 2026/03/03 02:07, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
>> Just as in last year, I don't think the project as a whole is ready
>> for a vote on the GR.
 >
> I don’t fully disagree. This is forced by the people actively
> trying to allow slop in.

I don't agree with this sentiment. I don't want slop in Debian, but as 
more and more upstreams increasingly use various AI tools, I believe 
it's becoming increasingly urgent for Debian as a project to have some 
guidelines on this. Many of us feel the same way. As Ansgar mentioned in 
another follow-up, rsyslog should probably be out already. So policy 
would really help in *preventing* slop and code with questionable copyright.

That said, I don't personally think a GR is urgent right now, but 
discussions about it is important so that we can find some good common 
ground for when a GR on this does happen.

-Jonathan