Re: rsync and outrage

Robin Powell via rsync <[email protected]> Tue, 2 Jun 2026 22:14:17 -0700
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FWIW, I think people who are going to yell at you when you're manually
reviewing all the code and stand by it as though it were yours are being
ridiculous.  In terms of the resulting code quality, that's not
functionally different from hiring an intern.  Sorry you're going through
that.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 8:14=E2=80=AFPM Andrew Tridgell via rsync <
[email protected]> wrote:

> there has been quite a lot of outrage lately about rsync development.
> I've (perhaps foolishly) tried to address some of it here
> https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0
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<div dir=3D"ltr">FWIW, I think people who are going to yell at you when you=
&#39;re manually reviewing all the code and stand by it as though it were y=
ours are being ridiculous.=C2=A0 In terms of the resulting code quality, th=
at&#39;s not functionally different from hiring an intern.=C2=A0 Sorry you&=
#39;re going through that.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_c=
ontainer"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 8:14=
=E2=80=AFPM Andrew Tridgell via rsync &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
ba.org">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"=
gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(20=
4,204,204);padding-left:1ex">there has been quite a lot of outrage lately a=
bout rsync development.<br>
I&#39;ve (perhaps foolishly) tried to address some of it here<br>
<a href=3D"https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0" rel=
=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-ou=
trage-d9849599e5a0</a><br>
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