Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Nick and Holden. However, I'm -1 on this change and would prefer to keep the current one.
As you acknowledged, the rationale for "Assisted-by" may look outdated in a few years, whereas the current "Generated-by" is more general and future-proof. It is also one of the trailers the ASF policy suggests. The proposed change, by contrast, comes down to personal preference. In any case, the human who submits the patch is responsible for it, regardless of the trailer name. Lastly, I'd like to avoid the confusion that categorizing the level of AI involvement would bring. Once we start making such distinctions, every contributor has to decide which one applies to them, and the list can keep growing: - Generated-by - Assisted-by - Something else A single trailer keeps things simple for both contributors and reviewers. Sincerely, Dongjoon. On 2026/10/21 15:53:37 Holden Karau wrote: > I like assisted by or co-authored by > > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/holdenkarau > Fight Health Insurance: https://www.fighthealthinsurance.com/ > <https://www.fighthealthinsurance.com/?q=hk_email> > Books (Learning Spark, High Performance Spark, etc.): > https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9 <https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9> > YouTube Live Streams: https://www.youtube.com/user/holdenkarau > Pronouns: she/her > > On Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 4:58 AM Nicholas Chammas <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Cheng Pan and I are discussing updating the PR template to use > > “Assisted-by” instead of “Generated-by”. > > > > ASF policy allows us to choose our own git commit trailer to indicate AI > > involvement; “Generated-by” and “Co-authored-by” are their suggestions, but > > we prefer “Assisted-by”. > > > > Speaking for myself (perhaps Cheng agrees with this rationale as well), I > > prefer “Assisted-by” because it leaves authorship squarely with the human > > submitting the patch. Apache's licensing terms notwithstanding, code > > authorship implies some form of responsibility, and an AI agent cannot be > > responsible <https://x.com/bumblebike/status/832394003492564993/photo/1> for > > anything. Only a human can. “Assisted-by” communicates this clearly, > > whereas “Generated-by” and “Co-authored-by” do not. > > > > Perhaps in 5-10 years (or less!) we will look back on this idea as quaint > > and outdated, but for now it holds. I propose we update our PR template > > accordingly. > > > > Please chime in here: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/59666 > > > > Nick > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe e-mail: [email protected]
