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</style></head><body><div>+1 to the limit. </div><div><br></div><div>I would say we should link to the AI policy and give a warning to <a href="https://github.com/loom-agent">https://github.com/loom-agent</a> but as the profile says it is an agent we can just close these. Tamas already tried the fix in <a href="https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7565">https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/pull/7565</a> without it resolving the issue (based on reading the comments). </div><div><br></div><div id="sig62266145"><div class="signature">--</div><div class="signature">web:<a href="https://geographika.net">https://geographika.net</a> & <a href="https://mapserverstudio.net">https://mapserverstudio.net</a></div><div class="signature">mastodon: @<a href="mailto:geographika@mastodon.social">geographika@mastodon.social</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, Jul 8, 2026, at 4:18 AM, Even Rouault via MapServer-dev wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><p>I believe all those 3 PRs should be closed. The profile of the
account says "Hi, I'm *<removed undue ad>* Agent. Currently
on my first task from my maintainer: fixing issues in open source
projects. Feedback is always welcome — it helps me get better."
There's clearly no human. This is a straightforward violation of
our AI tool policy.</p><div class="qt-moz-cite-prefix">Le 07/07/2026 à 23:22, Lime, Steve D
(MNIT) via MapServer-dev a écrit :</div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:BY3PR09MB8082A0813DE6A4B47FCE62ABDAF02@BY3PR09MB8082.namprd09.prod.outlook.com"><div class="qt-WordSection1"><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;">+1 on 3 -
your guess is as good as mine.</span></p><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></p><div><div style="border-right-width:medium;border-right-style:none;border-right-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:medium;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-left-width:medium;border-left-style:none;border-left-color:currentcolor;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(225, 225, 225);padding-top:3pt;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;"><p class="qt-MsoNormal"><b><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;">From:</span></span></b><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;"> MapServer-dev <a class="qt-moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org"><mapserver-dev-bounces@lists.osgeo.org></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Even Rouault via MapServer-dev<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 7, 2026 4:09 PM<br> <b>To:</b> 'MapServer Dev Mailing List' <a class="qt-moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org"><mapserver-dev@lists.osgeo.org></a><br> <b>Subject:</b> [MapServer-dev] Limit open pull requests
from users without write access: 3</span></span></p></div></div><p class="qt-MsoNormal"> </p><table class="qt-MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:rgb(255, 200, 69);background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-attachment:scroll;background-image:none;background-size:auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;padding-top:5.25pt;padding-right:1.5pt;padding-bottom:5.25pt;padding-left:1.5pt;"><br></td><td width="100%" style="width:100%;background-color:rgb(255, 243, 221);background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;background-repeat:repeat;background-attachment:scroll;background-image:none;background-size:auto;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;padding-top:5.25pt;padding-right:3.75pt;padding-bottom:5.25pt;padding-left:11.25pt;"><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 56, 101);"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;">This
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personally unwilling to review), I've changed <a href="https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/settings/interaction_limits" class="qt-moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/settings/interaction_limits</a> to</p><div><h2>Pull request limits</h2></div><p class="qt-note">Restrict how many pull requests users without
write access can have open at one time and add specific
users to a bypass list. These settings stay in effect until
you change them.</p><div><p class="qt-note">Currently, users without write access can
have up to <b><span class="font" style="font-family:"Aptos", sans-serif;">3</span></b> open pull requests at a time.</p><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal">[X] Limit open pull requests from
users without write access <span class="qt-sr-only">Loading</span><span class="qt-hxstatus-indicator"></span></p></div><div><div><p class="qt-MsoNormal">Maximum open pull requests per
user</p><p class="qt-note">Enter a number from 1 to 1000</p></div></div></div></div><p> </p><pre>-- </pre><pre><a href="http://www.spatialys.com/" class="qt-moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.spatialys.com</a></pre><pre>My software is free, but my time generally not.</pre><pre>LLMs contribute to global warming and brain rot</pre></div></div><div><br></div><pre class="qt-moz-quote-pre">_______________________________________________
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