Re: Draft permissive ballot option

Matthias Urlichs <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:15:28 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.vote
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On 27.07.26 23:12, Matthias Geiger wrote:
> If a human contributor writes a bad patch (by hand), I can point it 
> out to them, and tell them what they need to change. 
Result A: they fix the problem; result B: they're offended that you're 
not taking their well-thought-out solution seriously enough. Also, your 
rejection isn't worded sufficiently politely.
> OTOH with LLM-generated content I might as well flip a coin until 
> something passable comes out. 

Not my experience.

When I tell an LLM that its solution X is unacceptable for reason Y, so 
please do Z instead, it's *way* more likely than not to deliver a 
passable implementation of Z. It's also not going to be offended by your 
rejection of X, no matter how you word it.

Also, in the context of Debian you're not interacting with an LLM: we're 
not talking about adding OpenClaw+Fable to the DD roster here. You're 
interacting with the developer (or user or …) who asked the LLM to 
produce that output. Presumably, this person will remember Y and not 
submit X-shaped contributions again, LLM usage or not.

-- 
-- regards
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-- Matthias Urlichs

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