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General resolution: LLM usage in Debian: First call for votes: corrected ballot (lists.debian.org)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What do you think it'll happen and what do you want to happen?

Debian developers have been considering a general resolution over LLM usage within the project. After collecting a variety of proposals, voting has now commenced for Debian developers to decide how comfortable they are with AI / Large Language Model contributions in the project or not.

The choices being considered for this Debian general resolution (GR) include:

[ ] Choice 1: Ban LLM contributions from Debian via Social Contract

[ ] Choice 2: Allow AI-Assisted Contributions with conditions

[ ] Choice 3: Reject LLMs as far as practical, update Code of Conduct

[ ] Choice 4: Accept AI contributions for Debian specific work

[ ] Choice 5: Responsible Use of Generative AI

[ ] Choice 6: A cautious approach to generative AI

[ ] Choice 7: Debian is created by humans

[ ] Choice 8: Avoid the use of LLM: climate destruction is a deal breaker

[ ] Choice 9: None of the above

All the details on each of those choices can be found via the Debian.org vote page.

Additional details in this mailing list post with the voting details on the general resolution. The voting period began at midnight and is set to run through end of day 28 August.

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[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Where did you pull that number from? https://vote.debian.org/~secretary/gr_initsystems/results.txt

The smallest difference between a systemd option and a “not-onöl-systemd option” I see is

Option 2 defeats Option 4 by ( 211 - 177) = 34 votes.

And it makes sense: the most likely contender at the time was upstart, which didn't stand the test of time AFAIK (I don't think the systemd hater crowd still uses that)

So it ended up the right decision. Would they have decided differently if other good init systems had existed already? Maybe, but they didn't.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1403.0/00130.html

it was fun trip down memory lane looking for this... thank you github for being down today. lol

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Yeah, no matter the truth content of this piece of tinfoil, the vote I linked shows that systemd continued being agreeable among voters.

The handful of conspiracy myth believers are now on Devuan if that still exists. Presumably mad about something else that exists only in their head.

[–] SwooshBakery624@programming.dev 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So it ended up the right decision. Would they have decided differently if other good init systems had existed already? Maybe, but they didn't.

Nothing, really, is stopping them from making it easier to use other init systems.

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes that was very GNOME of them.