On 12/08/26 at 10:36 +0200, Gard Spreemann wrote: > Gard Spreemann <[email protected]> writes: > > > "Theodore Tso" <[email protected]> writes: > > > >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 04:10:00PM -0500, Gard Spreemann wrote: > >>> The proposal deals with *direct* contributions to Debian, including, but > >>> not limited to: > >>> > >>> * Debian packaging > >>> * Submissions (messages, bug reports, patches, etc.) to the BTS, Salsa, > >>> mailing lists and other Debian platforms > >>> * Debian project software > >>> * Debian infrastructure > >>> * Debian web resources > >> > >> What is meant by "Debian infrastructure" or "Debian web resources". > > > > I meant computers run by the project, and web services run by the > > project. > > In light of other people reading my distinction between "direct" and > "indirectly" differently than I had intended, I should clarify: The > above is not intended to forbid Debian from running in its > infrastructure software that has AI-generated parts, as long as those > are upstream parts of that software. Say for example a HTTP server. That > AI is *indirectly* a part of Debian (or in this case the Debian > infrastructure). Software written directly *for* Debian infrastructure, > on the other hand, would be affected. Think for example a > (Debian-bespoke) web service backend serving some of the requests of the > above HTTP server.
So, if your proposal were to pass, that means that services such as debaudit.debian.net (developed with massive AI assistance) or udd.debian.org (maintained and developed with AI assistance since about a year ago) should be shutdown, right? Lucas
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