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  • For anyone not wanting to parse the ballot page: the winner was Proposal E, "Responsible Use of Generative AI" i.e Debian neither endorses nor prohibits AI tools. Contributors remain fully responsible for anything they submit, and disclosure is encouraged but not required. The outright ban via the Social Contract (Choice 1, which needed a 3:1 supermajority) lost to this decisively.
    by parasxos
  • The graph at https://vote.debian.org/~secretary/gr_llm/ is really useful when understanding the results, too.

    Debian is remarkable for being such a huge project which has successfully held itself together for so long. GRs like this are an essential part of that, allowing controversies to be settled in a way that manages to be both fair and transparent.

    by roryirvine
  • > That supports “decisive win” comfortably; whether it qualifies as a “landslide” depends on where the margin threshold is set.

    I think the landslide is "pro" vs. "against". The two most "against" options got the lowest rank. Top 4 are all "pro" (with different caveats for each).

      Rank Option 
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  1 5: Responsible Use of Generative AI 1.794
  2 2: Allow AI-Assisted Contributions with conditions 1.430
  3 6: A cautious approach to generative AI 1.424
  4 4: Accept AI contributions for Debian specific work 1.252
  5 8: Avoid LLM use: climate impact 1.007
  6 7: Debian is created by humans 0.881
  7 9: None of the above 0.762
  8 3: Reject LLMs as far as practical 0.683
  9 1: Ban LLM contributions via Social Contract 0.474
    by NitpickLawyer
  • Good outcome, mostly.

    Option E beat literally every other option, so it is an unambiguous Condorcet winner.

    Options: https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002

    The tally.txt file is still unavailable.

    Bradley–Davidson analysis: https://gist.github.com/tulior/74479b28ddd1e191e5b2d89b8b68c...

    The Bradley-Davidson model gives Option 5 a 99.9993% posterior probability of ranking first. Options 2 and 6 are effectively tied for second.

    Option 5 also beat every alternative head-to-head. Its closest matchup was against Option 2, at 57.8% to 42.2%, so the result was decisive overall even though the closest pairwise contest was not a blowout.

    by tulio_ribeiro

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