Debian Developer Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues said Monday he will no longer upload packages to Debian's NEW queue unless he can opt out of automated large language model reviews of those uploads¹.

Writing to the debian-devel mailing list, he said others had shown him that NEW queue processing now appears to send his uploads through an LLM without an announcement¹.

He quoted review language stating the output is an LLM-based review using a Debian Inference workflow, was not written or checked by a member of the DFSG team, and is not a decision on the package¹.

Schauer Marin Rodrigues said he will not read the machine-generated output and that generating it without his consent is not responsible use under Debian's last general resolution on generative AI¹.

He argued that if a central team uses an LLM on all NEW uploads, that looks like project endorsement, contrary to the GR text that Debian neither endorses nor prohibits generative AI¹.

The same GR, he wrote, says large-scale or automated project actions should have prior discussion and consensus; he asked where that discussion happened for LLM screening of NEW¹.

He said he would rather wait a year for NEW processing than have uploads automatically screened without consent, and that he prefers a default of no LLM review with an explicit opt-in¹.

He said he is not leaving the project but will leave NEW uploads to others who accept the consequences¹.

The mailing list post did not include a reply from the DFSG team in the original message; follow-up posts appeared on the thread after it was sent¹.

Sources

1. lists.debian.orgI will no longer upload to NEWOct 26, 9:42 AM

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