On 04/08/26 at 03:47 +0530, Nilesh Patra wrote: > > > 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.
Hi, Yes, however the code is quite simple and I reviewed it manually, so maybe you could consider it on its own merits. > >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. Ah yes, looks like my own fork was broken somehow and did not allow me to submit MRs. Done now: https://salsa.debian.org/lintian/lintian/-/merge_requests/778 Lucas
