Re: GR: Ban LLM contributions from Debian

Hi,

On Thu, 2026-07-23 at 16:28 +0200, Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote:
> > Yes, and Debian extracts work from many "repo from which work can be
> > extracted into a distro" that are not under Debian's control and for
> > which Debian cannot enforce/implement policies.
> > 
> > What is the difference of a LLM pushing into, for example, the python
> > upstream repository vs. a LLM pushing into a packaging repository for
> > python (which also might already include the work the former LLM
> > pushed)?
> > 
> > Ansgar
> 
> We are free to have a higher standard for ourselves that others do.

Given we don't have mandatory code reviews, we certainly don't do that.

> The fact that upstream do have lower standards and do accept their agents to effectively push potentially problematic code or content into their repos is their right.

The claim that upstreams have lower standards doesn't seem warranted.
I've seen enough bad code in Debian.


Ansgar