- QGIS Enhancement Proposal QEP428 is a document setting out a policy that in principle does not accept contributions made with help from AI tools. According to the original text, this strengthens the earlier policy, which required human participation in the review process, into a prohibition.
- Proposer nyalldawson explained that the previous policy did not work well in practice. According to a comment in the original text, about 50 PRs tagged AI Assisted were filed, and about 40 of them were closed without being merged. This tally was presented by the commenter.
- Maintainers argued that if AI contributions grow, they may exceed what people can review, leading to less-reviewed code and quality problems. This is the maintainers' claim in the original text and has not been independently verified.
- According to the original text, this policy is not a permanent rule but a starting point: it is kept strict for now, and some uses may be reopened later through case-by-case discussion. Whether using AI for reviews, security checks, or issue writing falls within the ban remains an open question in the original comments.
What caught my eye first is that the standard is based on whether someone has ever used AI help at all, not on how much they used it. In the original comments, someone also asked whether this blocks even review assistance or security checks. Until that boundary is clarified, it seems hard for contributors to judge what to do. Have you ever checked in advance what is allowed before contributing?