Post #3072561

2026-06-03 12:36 UTC

So let me get this straight... rsync made a *security release* fixing a bunch of CVEs, it regressed some stuff, people looked at the commit log, saw Claude sign-offs, and started a mob on the sole maintainer? Yeah, this stuff is what gives legitimate AI criticism a bad name. I don't like it, you may not like it either, but when people are throwing LLMs at legacy codebases and finding CVEs by the dozen, and a sole maintainer is trying to keep the house from falling apart... if you're attacking them, you're firing at the wrong person. You know what's a bigger cancer on this world than AI? People incapable of seeing any nuance in situations. And this applies to absolutely everything. I'm absolutely exhausted of extremist takes. From every single side and point of view, in every single debate, AI related and not. You all seriously need to touch grass, and learn to stop being outraged all the time over every single thing in this world.

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@ariadne@social.treehouse.systems 2026-06-03 16:10

@lina@vt.social for the record, my interest in openrsync is based on the history of the project and not explicitly on his use of claude. there have just been too many regressions in rsync over the past decade. i also do not agree with harassing tridge, which is why instead of suggesting people do that, i went and started packaging openrsync instead. i figure if it's good enough for apple, it's probably good enough for me.

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@whitequark@social.treehouse.systems 2026-06-03 12:50

@lina@vt.social my nuanced position on this is that if you aren't capable of addressing CVEs in your software that other people rely on without Claude you should quit. quitting is the correct choice in this case, and it is far less damaging than what's currently going on. let someone else do a better job than what you're capable of.

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