“Debian should not support or ban generative AI tools, but should apply the same standards for quality, correctness, maintainability, and legality to all contributions.”

That middle option is the only one that survives contact with reality. A ban is unenforceable because nobody can prove how a patch was written. Ranked voting closes August 28 and only Debian Developers get a ballot. Whatever wins, the maintainers still have to review the same flood of plausible-looking patches.