Rsync 2.6.7pre1 is now available

[Louis-David Mitterrand]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:02:01AM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 11:33:42AM +0100, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> > The NEWS didn't mention the new functionality allowing to take into 
> > account renamed files and not retransfer them.
> > 
> > Will it be included in 2.6.7?
> 
> No, it didn't quite make it.  My testing of the early patch that I
> posted revealed some problems with the algorithm.  Though I fixed them
> in the current patch in CVS, I ended up thinking that the algorithm
> needed a little more testing and consideration before making it into
> the main release.
> 
> That said, the patch does seem to be in good shape.  It is available
> in the "patches" dir for those that wish to apply it to the code and
> give it a try.  My biggest test so far has been in backing up 50,000
> items in Maildir format, which allows it to rename messages that have
> changed in their flags (and thus changed their filename).

Thanks for the heads up.

I'll certainly be looking forward to that patch's inclusion.