alt Hacker NewsDid he ask for help in churning all the code for no reason? Rsync was complete software. It does not need features, it needs stability and merely maintenance.
If the author used AI for small, well-reviewed maintenance changes, that would be okay. But instead he is making large and sweeping changes that are entirely uncalled for and cause breakage.
If the maintainer is overworked, that is even more reason not to do this.
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throwaway7356 • today at 10:21 AM
> Rsync was complete software.
It was (and is) not: rsync has over 300 open issues with bugs and feature requests.
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brabel • today at 9:56 AM
What the hell why are you thinking you decide anything?? The man has his project and can do whatever he wants with it. Read the license.
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Do you have any links to commits or changes that you think are "uncalled for"? Like, you say "he is making large and sweeping changes that are entirely uncalled for and cause breakage", so surely you have some examples?
As far as I can tell, most of the AI-assisted changes were security fixes and test-suite related, and I'm sure you can agree that both of those are normal maintenance.