'Please do not vibe f--- up this software': Broken backups spark AI coding row in rsync project
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'Please do not vibe f--- up this software': Broken backups spark AI coding row in rsync project
Incremental backups started failing for some rsync users after a recent update, and what they found in the project's commit history quickly turned a routine bug hunt into yet another fight over AI-generated code. The controversy centers on rsync 3.4.3, a security-focused release published earlier this year to fix multiple vulnerabilities. Shortly after the upgrade, some users reported that incremental backup workflows were no longer behaving as …
rsync has just released its version 3.4.3, a patch supposed to plug several security holes. Except for some of the users, their incremental backups started to malfunction just after the update. By searching the code, some have noticed a detail they didn't like. Since version 3.4.1, dozens of changes (commits, code change units) have been signed "tridge and claude". Understanding Andrew Tridgell, the historical creator of rsync, and Claude, Anthr…
Rsync opens the slopgates, regressions and bugs ensue – OSnews
Andrew Tridgell, developer of rsync, has published a blog post addressing the massive surge in “AI” code submissions and the string of regressions supposedly caused by them. He explains rsync was flooded with “AI”-generated security reports, and he couldn’t handle the volumes anymore. As this flood started to get more intense I realised I needed to raise the defences on rsync a lot — we needed much more thorough test suites, code coverage analy…
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