r/linux • u/MMORPGDev • 19h ago

Development Linux Kernel Developers Plan To Remove "Assisted-By" Tag Requirement For AI/LLM Usage

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Dropping-Assisted-By-Req
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u/UnrealHallucinator 19h ago

Its probably so developers are forced to take more ownership of their patches and not offer excuses

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u/zabby39103 17h ago

Reducing information reduces your ability to assess a situation. This is the equivalent of turning logging off.

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u/cornmonger_ 16h ago

a maintainer doesn't care about the "situation"

commits either meet acceptance criteria or they do not

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u/mort96 12h ago

And an important criteria is, "how well does the contributor understand the code they're contributing?"

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u/Secret_Conclusion_93 12h ago

Nope, the criteria is the code themself, and following proper procedure.

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u/mort96 12h ago

Is that really for you to decide?

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u/Leliana403 12h ago

And an important criteria is, "how well does the contributor understand the code they're contributing?" 

Is that really for you to decide?

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u/mort96 12h ago

Well I happen to think it's an important criteria. But no, it's not for me to decide, it's for the maintainer of any given subsystem to decide.

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u/Leliana403 12h ago

Well maybe the other person happens to think 

the criteria is the code themself, and following proper procedure. 

Why is your opinion any more valid than theirs?

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u/0riginal-Syn 12h ago

It is more about the code being submitted and how well the maintainer can understand it. In the end the code has to work and be maintainable. If there are questions, then we ask the contributor to explain. This is regardless if the submission was "AI submitted". I have seen some down right terrible code submissions by developers not using LLM. I am not saying I am for LLM at all. I am for good maintainable code.

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u/Tomi97_origin 5h ago

Nope. The contributer may never contribute again. They aren't signing up to maintain this code in the future, so their understanding doesn't really matter all that much.

What matters is if the code works and how well the maintainer can understand the code.

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u/cornmonger_ 12h ago

nope. that's not acceptance criteria