Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
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Re: Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
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#3I have not checked with OpenBSD 7.9, but as of 7.8 it did not support --exclude or -z. But outside of that openrsync works great.
(EDIT: --exclude is now supported on 7.9. Not sure when that was added, nice!)
But seems avoiding "slop" is getting very hard. I saw postfix now has a bit of AI code in it.
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@mrmasterkeyboard@mastodon.social/1...
Re: Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
#4This attempt to avoid things that use AI is increasingly looking like some weird kind of reverse whack-a-mole where each targeted hole becomes radioactive after. Just grabbing some popcorn to watch.
Re: Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
#5This attempt to avoid things that use AI is increasingly looking like some weird kind of reverse whack-a-mole where each targeted hole becomes radioactive after. Just grabbing some popcorn to watch.
I feel bad for people with the real name Claude.
Re: Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
#6What's the deal with the name? Openrsync implies to me that it's an open source alternative to a closed source program. But the original Rsync is GPL? Is this just the pushover license making it "more open"?
Re: Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
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https://social.treehouse.systems/@thesamesam/116662824873341...
+1 to this. Other than people's reflexive anger or fear about AI coming for their code, I don't see anything to suggest that these are bugs that are due to the inclusion of AI vs bugs in a program with a bunch of complex interop with the filesystem and network.
Re: Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
#9What's the deal with the name? Openrsync implies to me that it's an open source alternative to a closed source program. But the original Rsync is GPL? Is this just the pushover license making it "more open"?
OpenBSD folks would consider the GPL to be less open due to the requirement to apply the GPL to any derivative works.
Re: Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team
#10What's the deal with the name? Openrsync implies to me that it's an open source alternative to a closed source program. But the original Rsync is GPL? Is this just the pushover license making it "more open"?
Many projects closely associated with OpenBSD start with "open"... openssh, openbgpd, openntpd, opensmtpd etc.