Re: Request to extend - General resolution: LLM usage in Debian

Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <[email protected]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:05:53 +0200

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Hi Lucas,

Quoting Lucas Nussbaum (2026-08-06 16:46:29)
> On 06/08/26 at 08:59 -0300, Sruthi Chandran wrote:
> > Dear Project Secretary and Debian Developers,
> > 
> > I would like to exercise my rights as DPL (�A.1.6 in the Debian
> > Constitution) and extend the discussion period of this GR by 7 days.
> > 
> > I believe this is a very important GR, which could benefit with some more
> > time for the discussion.
> 
> I must say I'm a bit surprised: which additional topics should be
> explored in your opinion, or which topics should be explored more in
> depth?
> 
> I was actually thinking that the discussion had been useful, covered
> everything that needed to be explored, and that the discussion was rightfully
> dying out as the discussion period was also coming to an end.

I was one of those who asked Sruthi for that. My reasons included (copypaste
from my email):

 * for many of us this is in the middle of holiday season ([other DD] just
   returned today and both he and me know of others who are in the same boat)
 * for some of us, the GR started at the end of the university semester which
   means that some of us had to concentrate on exams and some (like me) had
   to concentrate on creating and correcting exams (I just finished today)
 * me and [other DD] are pondering about adding another ballot option to the GR
   which tries to fill a spot which we both think is currently empty but we
   need a few more days to draft the text

I just have sent a draft of the new ballot option which I consider adding to a
few fellow DDs asking for review before I post it publicly. I did this in a
rush just before Sruthi sent her mail about the extension of the discussion
period. I was unable to concentrate on writing this up due to the exams I still
had to grade. The discussion was indeed very useful and I would not've done
this without the discussion and input from you and others.

I can send the text to you as well if you would like to have a look but I'm not
a very brave person so I'll post it to debian-vote once I feel a bit more
confident about the proposed text.

Thanks!

cheers, josch

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