rsync was basically done until the maintainer discovered vibecoding

[fionasboots@tech.lgbt]

@hailey FFS can we fork rsync and have a non-AI coded version?!

Why don't intelligent people get this: AI (LLM) coding takes vast amounts of power and resources and puts control in the hands of totally unethical mega-corps and billionaires. Not too mention the copyright infringement and lack of attribution that comes with LLM-coded slop.

[byte@awawa.club]

@hailey can someone with a github account go and dunk on the guy?

[arch@floofy.tech]

@hailey hurts. hurts to see.

[odd@mstdn.social]

@hailey oh boy. Well I hope #Gentoo's no AI policy is working against upstream vibecoding as well.

But what madness to have to check whether a fundamental piece of software is still trustworthy in the future.

[fogti@chaos.social]

@zl2tod @hailey sure https://codeberg.org/fogti/rsync-nai

[coldclimate@hachyderm.io]

@hailey what are the commits? Scrolling back they seem to be adding tests and some CI type stuff recently

[hailey@hails.org]

@coldclimate this for one thing https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@JeremiahFieldhaven/116654345332213390

[ki@chaos.social]

@hailey
what the fuck is wrong with this reality

[sreycoyrehourcq@social.sciences.re]

@hailey cc @khinsen @civodul @zimoun Even Rsync, this is the end... Now we need to maintain ai slop blacklisted list of packages to update debian.

[wtl@mastodon.social]

@hailey @auxonic <screams into digital void>

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@fionasboots @hailey
Also, is this even real snake in this oil?!

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@WTL @hailey @auxonic
Most voids have been digital for so long that is pretty unlikely you've actually encountered a genuine analogue one, let alone an acoustic

[dalias@hachyderm.io]

@hailey Distro packaging systems need a workflow that auto pins all packages at last tag before any commits crediting slop bots.

[viq@social.hackerspace.pl]

@fogti @zl2tod @hailey https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.6/openrsync.1

[exec@furry.engineer]

@hailey Apparently some people can't comprehend that software can be completed and finished

[zl2tod@mastodon.online]

@viq

Which reminds me of something that really annoys me about rsync: imcompatibility between versions.

@fogti @hailey

[auxonic@ottawa.place]

@EndlessMason @WTL @hailey when I was a kid in Alberta we’d visit a cave some summers and go into the dark of the mountain. Sometimes I think that might be the best place. https://hikebiketravel.com/canyon-creek-ice-cave/

[deepbluev7@nheko.io]

@odd@mstdn.social @hailey@hails.org It generally doesn't prevent AI generated projects from getting packaged, but considering that this is a core package for Gentoo, it likely will have additional review and such done, which will affect if it gets unmasked and such?

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@auxonic @WTL @hailey
I hope this email does not find you.

[patterfloof@meow.social]

@hailey damnit, that's my backup program, picked because its easy & doesn't have unwieldy imports to restore