On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 05:00:09AM -0000, Haw Loeung wrote: > rsync shipped in Xenial builds with the included zlib (--with-included- > zlib=yes and -Izlib). Couldn't we SRU a fix doing the same thing as per > https://bugs.launchpad.net/rsync/+bug/1300367/comments/6?
I am -1 on any SRU that does not come with a comprehensive regression risk analysis. It's not the patch that is the problem; it is the consideration of all interoperability permutations that needs to be made if behaviour in this area is to be changed. I'm not saying we can't do it; just that we need to carefully consider what behaviour in what parts of the interoperability matrix we'd be changing, what the regression risk is for each of those permutations, and how to mitigate that. It's not sufficient to say "we did it in Xenial so we can do the same in Trusty". For example: without testing or analysis, I don't know if your proposal breaks interoperability between Precise and Trusty when perhaps that combination works today, or between non-updated Trusty and updated Trusty. My example is not exhaustive (testing just my example is not enough). Remember also that each version combination has two directions, further exploding the number of permutations to check. It would be OK if an analysis convincingly collapses some of the permutations, but no such analysis currently exists, AFAIK. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1384503 Title: rsync fails on large files with compression To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1384503/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
