alt Hacker NewsFiled a compiler bug related to dwarf tables that screws up debugging and line of code coverage that they completely ignored, just because I mentioned that I had every LLM check it to confirm it's a bug, since all I know is what kcov and every coverage tool generates incorrect coverage data for my repo, for 100% certain.
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If it's generating detectably incorrect code, why do you need an LLM to tell you it's a bug?
If they really insist on no LLM involvement at all then they're going to fall behind and lose out. Your LLM use case seems really very conservative - you didn't write any code with it, you just use it to confirm the bug. There are many OSS projects that are also taking a similar hardline against LLMs - people are going to fork them and then move on. I've had LLMs fix bugs/add features to a couple of projects like this and, well, they're missing out on the fixes/added features that I'm using locally.
> breaks the project rules
> gets ignored
Who could have forseen this.
Their policy is immature. Clicking little upvote and downvote buttons is immature. Better to just lie and duplicate the issue.
Sounds like you violated the clearly stated project rules and admitted to it. Are you surprised that they're not engaging with you?