Debian polls its developers on whether to burn the bots, tame the bots, or let 'em loose
So, suitably, it is a large and complex poll. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The poll is more than 5,000 words long, and contains eight different proposals, which are both numbered and lettered. Each of them is seconded by between six and 17 developers.
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| Original publisher | theregister |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/26/debian-polls-its-developers-on-whether-to-burn-the-bots-tame-the-bots-or-let-em-loose/5292270 |
| Publication time | Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:15:00 +0200 |
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