Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people)

Dominik George <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:08:38 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.project
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Uploads of src:linux since 6.15 fulfill this:
> 
> +---
> | [A patch] that was merged for the 6.15 release. That patch was
> | entirely written by an LLM, changelog included.
> +---[ https://lwn.net/Articles/1026558/ ]
> 
>> So, if you think the existing policies are worth nothing and you are not
>> willing to comply with them, then yes, contributing somewhere els
>> instead sounds like a reasonable idea.
> 
> Do you think all src:linux maintainers should leave the project and we
> should revert to a pre-6.15 kernel (or even earlier)? And what about
> other packages? Please don't assume src:linux is the only package with
> LLM-generated contributions.
I do actually think that. However, I obviously have no idea what to do 
afterwards, because there is no replacement for the Linux kernel.

-nik