[Development] AI-generated contributions to Qt

[Lorn Potter]

On 21/7/26 22:02, Joerg Bornemann wrote:
> On 7/21/26 4:49 AM, Lorn Potter wrote:
>>
>> On 20/7/26 18:24, Axel Spoerl via Development wrote:
>>> As a reviewer I try to find out quickly whether AI was used as a 
>>> tool to enhance productivity, while the developer owns the code.
>>
>> I think anything not a small patch - medium and large patches, should 
>> be clearly identified in the commit message, that it was developed in 
>> conjunction with a machine or somesuch.
>
> I'm not convinced this would be useful. Such a disclaimer would just 
> serve as excuse should the developer not fully understand / own the 
> generated code, which is the situation we should avoid. I'm also not 
> interested to read in commit messages which IDE, text editor, 
> operating system was involved in creating the patch. ;) 

It serves to alert reviewers. It is always the job of the submitter to 
know what they are submitting, regardless if it was assisted by a 
machine or some other developer.


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> Cheers,
>
> Joerg
>