#1146059 debian-policy: Transparent exposure of maintainer (and upstream) AI and LLM usage via debian/control fields

#1146059#5
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2026-08-29 12:53:12 UTC
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Given Debian's decision on AI and LLM usage, perhaps something like:

[X-]AI-Usage: none | optional | required
[X-]AI-Dependency: none | local | external
[X-]AI-Assisted: none | packaging | source | documentation | ...

in the control file would be a go'er?

Would at least encourage transparency and choice for those of us that care. I
wonder if that would be consistent with the resolution as voted for?

Note. I'm not tied to any specific fieldnames or direction on how they are used
- there are many excellent DD who might be able to solve that. However, I'm
proposing X variants in the hope that even without a policy change, those that
care can start the process towards transparency now.

#1146059#10
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2026-08-29 13:52:22 UTC
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Tim Brown [29/Aug  1:53pm +01] wrote:

We would want something like this to happen in the archive first, not in
Policy first.