On 4 August 2026 3:30:00 am IST, Lucas Nussbaum <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 03/08/26 at 23:46 +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>> Package: lintian
>> Version: 2.138.0
>> Tags: patch
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The attached patch adds a new classification tag
>> 'agent-instructions-exists' that is issued when the upstream sources
>> ship an instructions file consumed by an AI coding agent. The following
>> files are detected: AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, .cursorrules,
>> .windsurfrules, .github/copilot-instructions.md, and files under
>> .cursor/rules/.
>>
>> I plan to use it in trends.debian.net, to track AI adoption among
>> Debian's upstreams.
>
>I attached a new version of the patch, dropping the namespace from the
>emmitted tag.
Is this AI generated/LLM written? At the moment we are waiting for the results
on the GR if this happens to be the case.
>let me know if you prefer a MR
Yes please do this in any case.
> (but I'm not allowed to push MRs to
>lintian/lintian, probably because I'm not a member of the project).
You can fork and then open a MR from there. This is how I also do it despite
being a maintainer.
Best,
Nilesh
