#511542 rsync should ignore -z when not copying over the network

Package:
rsync
Source:
rsync
Description:
fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
Submitter:
Josh Triplett
Date:
2014-07-10 12:03:04 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#511542#3
Date:
2009-01-11 23:45:05 UTC
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rsync's -z option, to compress data, makes sense for copying over the
network.  However, when copying locally it serves no useful purpose, and
just slows down the copy.  rsync should ignore -z when not copying
over the network.  Optionally, rsync should warn about ignoring it.

- Josh Triplett
#511542#10
Date:
2012-05-01 09:56:59 UTC
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This is complete nonsense.

Although compression does not make much sense when copying local files, it
is a programs duty to do as the user desires. Simply ignoring a flag -
even with warning - despite the user explicitly providing it - is the
worst thing a developer can do.

Do you want to force developers and "power users" to do their testing of
rsync internals over the network just because it overrides their will?

rsync is a powerful tool and as such users should learn about it when
using it. Options that make sense in their current use case is one element
of this learning.

Besides, the idea that compression does only make sense in trade-off
situations for network performance is basic knowledge that is not so much
subject to rsync.

I propose closing this bug report as wontfix.
#511542#15
Date:
2014-07-10 11:27:53 UTC
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severity 511542 wishlist
tags 511542 wontfix
thanks

Agreed. Well, not closing, but marking as wontfix.


Paul