Re: [PATCH] docs: remove Assisted-by references
From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Oct 13 2026 - 02:18:56 EST
On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 10:56:59PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
>
> On 10/12/26 9:24 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 09, 2026 at 04:31:37AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> >> The Maintainers Summit reached consensus to deprecate the Assisted-by
> >> tag. Remove the documentation requiring it.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Yup, it has become as redundant as specifying what editor I use. ;)
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> and for those of us who don't know details about the discussion,
> how is it redundant?
lwn.net now has the "meeting notes" where this was discussed:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1099594/
> Do you assume that everyone now uses it (LLM), just as everyone
> uses an editor?
>
> I still agree with what GregKH said on July 2, 2026, in
> https://lore.kernel.org/workflows/2026070224-unholy-commode-cf45@gregkh/
As I stated elsewhere in this thread, I've now changed my mind, it
didn't work out at all and maintainers are really annoyed by it so let's
just drop it and focus on the content of the patch itself (and push back
on _ANYTHING_ you feel is wrong).
thanks,
greg k-h