<p>The Debian project has wrestled with the topic of LLM usage for years, which culminated in a <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/1087134/">general-resolution vote</a> this August. The project <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/1091231/">voted in favor</a> of the fifth, out of eight, option: "<a href="https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002#texte">Responsible Use of Generative AI</a>". With the door open to LLM use, the <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DFSG">DFSG, Licensing & New Packages Team</a> (usually shortened to "DFSG team"), which is <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/1043364/">relatively new</a>, has started to employ LLMs in sending out reviews of packages entering Debian's <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/NewQueue?pow_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fkagi.com%2F">new queue</a>. The practice has raised a number of objections and questions about where lines should be drawn in the use of LLM-generated output.</p>
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