From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C47F142C513; Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:56:32 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785783394; cv=none; b=QqNAEn+cWK0HCOgFw7VPMLd3k+CWbDRfTqfxXtRl5KHm7MoGa8ebmIodbhQRzqTdNlPxt/fUJEmx+wV3vVJAbbaqynY4c9DUSBGR3Ts5XJvkGNvzQfLjIkvZXESe2A9xMPdQK9wOiURvPyM9M6xiXyaFYP7BLWweBVEXDN0ZLSs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785783394; c=relaxed/simple; bh=gdyLQFsY8HVyDIsY29RVfWQkR8t/g5TdBtA/ZtNuNGU=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=uxe3lox5OzekXkGY5BoH9fp5R1t6JtAmig+pVm7eo1LUtxR3rNBqz5sxpqBjnLw71MUXAyho62KmVT19iJncynOnP44Z3u3s5MyC7qmPk2Y+jqJX8z//tEgYqI48uddWmeP43jHoSvuwdFXfhkKS3t/K+3Gp+sENXuxFzVZHgMk= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=TRosX6kS; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="TRosX6kS" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net CD544408B2 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1785783392; bh=qZi9oE0fSHLmHLs+EYrv+EIBKWg2PCNeADFW28Jm+Rc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=TRosX6kSu2wcwclJUM6SZTVnOlWbQElZJ5bOLvnm3Y/zvc6ClcAjH9oo/Z7NenQYo Zy21xn1/RsfqmfOACgneKOf//p/qXq8unjB8G+0a2K/IHF0PEXqtO5AqVzy5kYmACW 7OdrxGj4WIAeOtaEYeNle6xc/em9hU22NALHtMmRxuUV+MO2ujVbS01E0I7MRVsFvQ JSbpMBTfWp6MvMiFOIWEq4gVBFqvm5YpSdYMyQPteBLiznOngfC+BuvvXQvkDSpFgN PDU2GhXjHXyjVeCf3HsSsBzobItQLO/0jqwXA8h+lT0XiUkfkRFLKHlOkLl6yv22j9 fIGIvCUOcABQQ== Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:280:4600:27b::1fe]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CD544408B2; Mon, 3 Aug 2026 18:56:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christian Brauner Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes , Jeff Layton , Jori Koolstra , Sasha Levin , tech-board@groups.linuxfoundation.org, Jakub Kicinski , workflows@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] coding-assistants: simplify attribution In-Reply-To: <87qzkuahlr.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> References: <87qzkuahlr.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:56:31 -0600 Message-ID: <87ldanxcbk.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Jonathan Corbet writes: > As suggested by Christian, I have applied his patch to a branch and > simplified the changelog, see below. > > I'm nervous about applying it still because I don't think it's my role > to set this sort of policy; I really want to feel that there is a > consensus behind it. So there's some additional CCs here because I > would like to hear from some folks: > > - This policy document originally came out of the TAB; is the TAB (on > CC) OK with this change? > > - At least one maintainer (on CC) have said that they currently strip > Assisted-by tags out of patches before applying them, a practice that > would seem to undermine the whole policy. Would this change be > sufficient to end that practice? > So I was not overwhelmed by responses :) I'm going to take silence for assent in this case and send the patch through. Thanks, jon