Re: ungarbled and properly wrapped (was: Re: GR: Ban LLM contributions from Debian)

Hi,

On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 11:07:43AM +0200, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
>The scope of this GR is (non-exhaustive):
>- Debian source packages
>- Official Debian project software, such as lintian
>- Debian web resources
>- Documentation and translations added by Debian contributors
>- Official communication from Debian
>
>It does not include:
>- Upstream projects using LLMs for development
>- AI-related software

I need clarification for that. 


Does this mean, that

(1)
I still have to manually grep trough the sources of a package I maintain 
to manually create debian/copyright files instead of uploading the 
source package to an LLM asking for a debian/copyright file (and of 
course sampling whether the output makes sense)?

(2)
I can use all LLMs I want to create a program like the Linux Kernel, or 
some other tool that might be useful, put it under a DFSG-free license, 
but need to hand-write my debian/ directory if I decide to make that 
program available in Debian?

The older among us might remember a GR that was titled "Editorial 
Changes" and sounded sensible and well-meaning, but once accepted by the 
Project, caused us to have a huge discussion about "what is software" 
and that delayed a release by a year (if I remember correctly). I should 
have rated that proposal below NOTA back then, so I have made a rule for 
me to not vote for a GR until I have understood the possible 
consequences.

This GR has a WAY bigger blast radius than the Editoral Changes from 20 
years ago. It could kill Debian.

Greetings
Marc