{"slug": "void-linux-maintainer-orphans-100-packages-over-ai-policy-dispute", "title": "Void Linux Maintainer Orphans 100 Packages over AI Policy Dispute", "summary": "Void Linux maintainer Andrea Brancaleoni orphaned more than 100 packages he maintained after a dispute over the project's AI usage policy, which requires all AI tool usage to be disclosed in contributions. Brancaleoni disclosed using GLM-5.3-Flash and OpenCode to generate comparison text in a Go 1.27.1 package update pull request, and another maintainer flagged that the AI usage was not disclosed upfront. The orphaned packages include Alacritty, Clementine, Kubernetes, Docker packages, fscrypt, and Intel Thermald, which will remain unmaintained unless other Void Linux maintainers take them over.", "body_md": "# Void Linux Maintainer Orphans 100+ Packages Over AI Policy Dispute\n\nA Void Linux maintainer has orphaned more than 100 packages he maintained over a dispute of the project's AI policy for LLM-generated text.\n\nVoid Linux contributor Andrea Brancaleoni last week submitted\n\nAnother Void Linux maintainer then asked what was used in generating this text for comparison, to which Brancaleoni noted was GLM-5.3-Flash + OpenCode.\n\nBut the Void Linux project does have\n\n\"In this section, \"AI\" refers to generative artificial intelligence tools, including Large Language Models and similar technologies.\n\nSo technically the policy was broken by using AI to generate comments on comments for that Void Linux pull request. And the usage of AI tools wasn't disclosed upfront in that offending message.\n\nNow in turn, Brancaleoni decided to\n\nThe now orphaned packages include Adapta, Autodia, SFML, abootimg, alacritty, arpwatch, asus-kbd-backlight, backblaze-b2, bash-preexec, beep, binfmt-support, bitlbee-facebook, bitlbee-steam, cdm, clementine, crane, csound, daemonize, darkhttpd, dep, diff-pdf, docker-cli, docker-gc, docker-gen, dtc, embree, entr, etcd, fcron, flannel, flint, font-fontin, forego, freeplane, fscrypt, gede, gettext-stub, git-cola, gkill, glock, go-bindata, go-jira, hans, hivex, hopper, hostaliases, hugo, iio-sensor-proxy, indicator-doom-cpu, interbench, ispc, jbigkit, kaitai-struct-compiler, kubernetes, kvirc, libguestfs, libnfc, libpodofo0.9.7, logstalgia, massren, mbox, mfoc, mkinitcpio-nfs-utils, mksh, moby, motion, openresolv, packer, pd, perl-Template-Toolkit, pinktrace, podofo, python3-Arrow, python3-b2sdk, python3-pdm-backend, python3-xattr, racket, rakarrack, rancher-compose, rmlint, rng-tools, rocker, runit-swap, sassc, scanmem, schroot, sift, splix, sublime-text3, subtle, supermin, sydbox, tag, tbb, terraform, terragrunt, texmaker, thermald, trollock, ttf-ubuntu-font-family, urbanterror-data, urbanterror, usbredir, vagrant, vba-m, virt-manager, virtme, webcat, websocketd, wpa_actiond, xboxdrv, xcompmgr, and yoshimi.\n\nThat includes some notable packages such as Alacritty, binfmt-support, Clementine, various Docker packages, fscrypt, Kubernetes, various Python 3 packages, and Intel Thermald now set to be orphaned unless other Void Linux maintainers step up to maintain them over this AI policy dispute.\n\nVoid Linux contributor Andrea Brancaleoni last week submitted\n\n[a Void package update for Go 1.27.1](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/62351). As a follow-up to it, yesterday was[this commit](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/62351#issuecomment-5641804457)he posted referring to the results comparing the Go 1.26 to 1.27 package upgrade impact.\nAnother Void Linux maintainer then asked what was used in generating this text for comparison, to which Brancaleoni noted was GLM-5.3-Flash + OpenCode.\n\nBut the Void Linux project does have\n\n[a contributing policy](https://github.com/void-linux/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#ai-usage)over AI usage that reads:\n\"In this section, \"AI\" refers to generative artificial intelligence tools, including Large Language Models and similar technologies.\n\nAll contributions are expected to be made by humans. AI tools may be used for research and learning, but all content in contributions must originate from and be understood by the contributor. This includes code, documentation, issues, security reports, pull request descriptions, and comments in all Void Linux community spaces.\n\nALL usage of AI tools MUST be disclosed.\n\nDo not bring AI review tools into pull requests.\n\nUsage of AI-powered human-language translation tools is acceptable to facilitate contributions across language barriers.\"\n\nSo technically the policy was broken by using AI to generate comments on comments for that Void Linux pull request. And the usage of AI tools wasn't disclosed upfront in that offending message.\n\nNow in turn, Brancaleoni decided to\n\n[disown maintained packages](https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pull/62482)that he oversees. That has resulted in 113 of the Void Linux packages set to be orphaned.\nThe now orphaned packages include Adapta, Autodia, SFML, abootimg, alacritty, arpwatch, asus-kbd-backlight, backblaze-b2, bash-preexec, beep, binfmt-support, bitlbee-facebook, bitlbee-steam, cdm, clementine, crane, csound, daemonize, darkhttpd, dep, diff-pdf, docker-cli, docker-gc, docker-gen, dtc, embree, entr, etcd, fcron, flannel, flint, font-fontin, forego, freeplane, fscrypt, gede, gettext-stub, git-cola, gkill, glock, go-bindata, go-jira, hans, hivex, hopper, hostaliases, hugo, iio-sensor-proxy, indicator-doom-cpu, interbench, ispc, jbigkit, kaitai-struct-compiler, kubernetes, kvirc, libguestfs, libnfc, libpodofo0.9.7, logstalgia, massren, mbox, mfoc, mkinitcpio-nfs-utils, mksh, moby, motion, openresolv, packer, pd, perl-Template-Toolkit, pinktrace, podofo, python3-Arrow, python3-b2sdk, python3-pdm-backend, python3-xattr, racket, rakarrack, rancher-compose, rmlint, rng-tools, rocker, runit-swap, sassc, scanmem, schroot, sift, splix, sublime-text3, subtle, supermin, sydbox, tag, tbb, terraform, terragrunt, texmaker, thermald, trollock, ttf-ubuntu-font-family, urbanterror-data, urbanterror, usbredir, vagrant, vba-m, virt-manager, virtme, webcat, websocketd, wpa_actiond, xboxdrv, xcompmgr, and yoshimi.\n\nThat includes some notable packages such as Alacritty, binfmt-support, Clementine, various Docker packages, fscrypt, Kubernetes, various Python 3 packages, and Intel Thermald now set to be orphaned unless other Void Linux maintainers step up to maintain them over this AI policy dispute.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/void-linux-maintainer-orphans-100-packages-over-ai-policy-dispute", "canonical_source": "https://www.phoronix.com/news/Void-Linux-AI-Policy-Orphan", "published_at": "2026-09-12 19:49:12+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-12 20:25:38.503422+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Void Linux", "Andrea Brancaleoni", "GLM-5.3-Flash", "OpenCode", "Alacritty", "Kubernetes", "Docker", "Intel Thermald"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/void-linux-maintainer-orphans-100-packages-over-ai-policy-dispute", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/void-linux-maintainer-orphans-100-packages-over-ai-policy-dispute.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/void-linux-maintainer-orphans-100-packages-over-ai-policy-dispute.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/void-linux-maintainer-orphans-100-packages-over-ai-policy-dispute.jsonld"}}