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- 1Massive open-source pull request sparks AI slop debate●Ok, this got to be a repo diff record. +238,856 -260 https:// github.com/saga-soft/novelWrit er/pull/3067 # AI # Slop #
A pull request on the open-source project novelWriter by saga-soft is drawing attention for its sheer scale: roughly 238,856 lines added against just 260 removed, a size developers are calling a possible repo diff record. Commenters suspect bulk AI-generated code, tagging it as "AI slop", and are debating whether maintainers can meaningfully review changes of this magnitude.
- 2novelWriter maintainer weighs dropping Debian 12 packages●I'm still releasing novelWriter packages for Debian 12, and I just checked and noticed people are still downloading thos
The maintainer of novelWriter says they are still building packages for Debian 12 and have noticed people keep downloading them, even though the Debian 12 release reached end-of-life a few months ago. They would like to drop support, which would let them move on from Python 3.11, but are weighing that against users who still rely on those builds.