Re: DPL candidate questions

Debian should never use AI as a crutch.

On Tue, Mar 17, 2026, 9:33 AM Matthias Geiger <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Sruthi,
>
> I have a few questions I want to ask.
> First:
> - What is you stance on so-called "AI" contributions to the project?
>
> Personally, it saddens and angers me; as this a) not ethical, b) legally
> unsound and c) directly helps the offenders hammering Debian
> infrastructure. I fear a GR is the only way to resolve this; however I'd
> like your opinion on it.
>
> Second:
> - What steps are you planning to take towards more diversity in Debian?
>
> As it stands, Debian could definitely use more input from
> non-programmers, and become more diverse. New contributors who are not
> familiar with our workflow might find some overlooked issue that e.g.
> could use better documentation.
>
> Third:
>
> - Maintainer burnout
>
> We have a few maintainers that maintain quite a lot; possibly too much.
> In most cases it's officially team-maintained but they are defacto
> uploading a lot of those team packages.
>
> What are your plans to alleviate this?
>
> best,
>
> werdahias
>
>