Contribution guidelines update regarding tool usage
Project / Subsystem
glibc / glibc
Date
2026-04-17
Proposer
Florian Weimer <[email protected]>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
8/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Adding these guidelines increases the burden on contributors slightly.
- • More detailed attribution improves transparency and clarifies licensing.
All attributes
- project
- glibc
- subsystem
- glibc
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- —
- discussion_id
- [email protected]
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Contribution guidelines update regarding tool usage
- headline
- glibc: Update contribution guidelines to mention tool usage and Assisted-by
- tldr
- Proposes updating glibc's contribution guidelines to require mentioning tools used for code generation and to allow `Assisted-by` trailers.
- stakes
- Promotes transparency and proper attribution when using code-generating tools, including LLMs.
- proposer
- Florian Weimer <[email protected]>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- 8
- sentiment_rationale
- The proposal is generally well-received.
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Adding these guidelines increases the burden on contributors slightly.
- • More detailed attribution improves transparency and clarifies licensing.
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- —
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- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
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- • contribution guidelines
- • tooling
- • LLM
- • attribution
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
Contribution guidelines update regarding tool usage
Florian Weimer proposes updating the glibc contribution guidelines to require mentioning tools used to auto-generate code and to allow reviewers to request an “Assisted-by” Git trailer. This aligns with existing practices for tools like autoconf and addresses recent discussions about LLM usage.