Given the sudden spike in vibe-coded commits to the rsync codebase, and regressions that’s introduced, this is very good news.
LLMs make writing code faster/easier, but the thinking was always the important bit. I’ve no idea why you’d muck up such a long-standing, reliable piece of software.
I find it quite strange that people do not seem to be aware of that...I think many started worshipping the tool as if it was some kind of divinity and lost all objctivity. This doesn't bode well for the future if people aren't able to review code anymore.
Example: it recently flagged ID derivation from a signing key. Opus itself suggested it! When reminded of that, it did this new 4.8-style “my bad, and here’s why I was right in the first place.”
Humans are still badass.
So rsync should be pinned to an older version and just get security updates.
> [...]"I have often worked on the boundary of free and proprietary software, right from when I was dosemu maintainer for a while, to Samba and many other projects. I make all my projects open, usually GPLv3, but I don't mind using closed tools to help me work more efficiently, even though I am creating free software myself. I know some people take a stronger stance and refuse to use any closed tools at all. That is a great choice if that is what you want to do. It isn't how I work, and it never has been."
https://lwn.net/Articles/968732/ "Tridge returns to rsync [Posted April 6, 2024 by jzb]"