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The whole rsync repo is 65k lines total. Recent AI-centric changes account for +16k/-6k, including massive changes to the unit tests. Somehow that's not even considered a "minor" update (v3.4.1 to v3.4.3).
That's not responsible use of AI, that's malpractice.
Do better then. Where's your contributions?
I am the primary author of an open-source framework for Ethernet in embedded systems. There is not a single line of fucking AI slop in that repo, because I am not an irresponsible hack.
Good for you for not using AI. If you want to assume unpaid responsibility for your project, go ahead. Doesn't mean everybody else will or should.
Then get on your IDE and lend them a hand. Then the retired guy that's asked for help several times in the last decade unsuccessfully wouldn't have to buy tokens to get help.
Seems like most people want to spend their effort getting on their high horse instead of being the change they want to see.
Any specific issues though? Yeah, it's a large change and I'd be more surprised if it didn't have issues, but are there any specific issues with the updates that have been found so far?
Yes, there's been several regressions that would've been caught by the original tests, but missed by the new vibe-coded tests. That's what prompted the blog post linked by OP.
That is directly contradicted by what the developer of rsync wrote in the linked article:
It's possible that somebody in the issue you linked to pointed to a test that would have caught one of the regressions, but I was not able to find it in the 327 comment mess. A direct link would be appreciated, if that is the case.
But I doubt that you will find such a comment. Because I tried running the 3.4.1 test-suite with the 3.4.3 binary, and all tests passed
Seems I was mistaken. My previous statement was based on what others have said, but I haven't actually run the tests myself. In any case, I have learned not to rely on statements made by the accused in this type of dispute.
No you learned to rely on the accusers lol
Yes it all broke which is how people noticed
Have you read the linked article? They explain how they used AI. It's not like AI produced the code and that's it.
They also explain about this version and the next minor version.