Re: AI generated mails

Am 23.08.2026 um 20:41 schrieb Osama Aldemeery <aldemeery@gmail.com>: > Since this isn't the first time this has come up, I'd like to ask whether it's > time internals discussed an AI-usage policy? > > A written document would tell contributors what is and isn't acceptable here. Whether that > is a disccussion, an RFC, or a PR. > And it would save everyeone from settling it case by case each time. > > It is not new ground either...Python, CURL, Linux Kernel, and Fedora (among others) have all > faced the same issue, and each landed on a policy. > > For reference: > Python: > https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/generative-ai > curl: https://curl.se/dev/contribute.html#on-ai-use-in-curl > Linux kernel: > https://docs.kernel.org/process/coding-assistants.html > Fedora: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/council/policy/ai-contribution-policy One little note here: The above seems to concern code contributions like PRs. I was more talking about the discussions here on the internals mailing list. But in the end it applies to both: How do we handle the higher amount of generated code and mails. And how can guidelines hopefully somewhat protect the limit resources of the PHP maintainers? Regards, - Chris