Proposal: Remove rsync directory from setup

Max Bowsher maxb@ukf.net
Sat Mar 22 16:01:00 GMT 2003


Robert Collins wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 22:19, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> The current librsync does *not* implement the same protocol as the rsync
>> program. Therefore I don't believe it can be useful to setup.
>
> Protocol, no. sliding checksums, yes, AFAIK.
>
>> I therefore propose to remove the rsync directory and io_stream_rsync*,
>> and edit configure.in & Makefile.am accordingly.
>
> Why?

I assumed that the point of using librsync was to access rsync:: mirrors? If
librsync can't do that, why keep it in the repository? Did you have another
use for it planned?

Max.



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