[Development] AI-generated contributions to Qt

[Vlad Zahorodnii]

Hi,

On 7/24/26 4:37 AM, Lorn Potter wrote:
>
> 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.

As somebody who reviews patches (although in KDE), Assisted-by have 
never been useful (except advertising this or that model). Also one can 
argue that a reviewer has to be thorough regardless whether the patch is 
written by a human or an LLM, otherwise it develops a dangerous habit 
where thoroughness is applied selectively.

Regards,
Vlad