I think we were always doing it to be honest (I did). On Mon, Jun 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM Ash Berlin-Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I would like to point something out with the rise of LLM code generation: > please don’t automatically trust or approve a PR just because of who opened > it. > > Merit essentially does exist anymore. > > (Or at least it’s not attached universally to a GH username) > > If I create a crap PR, treat it as such. Yes, this means more work on the > reviewers, but it is the only practical option we have right now. > > PMC, Committer or just a first time contributor: all need to be treated > with the same skepticism given an agent might be involved. > > If you do not have the context to usefully review a PR, do not “rubber > stamp” the PR just because of who the GH actor is. It is better for a > change to not be merged until someone has throughly reviewed the change > (either cos they already have knowledge about the code, or because they > spent the time to gain that knowledge). > > -ash > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
