Add link to purify replacement.

[rsync/rsync.git] / TODO

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@@ -284,6 +284,19 @@ Better statistics:
   <mbp> it would be nice to improve it
   <mbp> that would also work well with --dryrun
 
+TDB:
+
+  Rather than storing the file list in memory, store it in a TDB.
+
+  This *might* make memory usage lower while building the file list.
+
+  Hashtable lookup will mean files are not transmitted in order,
+  though... hm.
+
+  This would neatly eliminate one of the major post-fork shared data
+  structures.
+
+
 PLATFORMS ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Win32
@@ -299,6 +312,31 @@ Win32
   we are correct to call close(), because shutdown() discards
   untransmitted data.
 
+DEVELOPMENT ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Splint
+
+  Build rsync with SPLINT to try to find security holes.  Add
+  annotations as necessary.  Keep track of the number of warnings
+  found initially, and see how many of them are real bugs, or real
+  security bugs.  Knowing the percentage of likely hits would be
+  really interesting for other projects.
+
+Torture test
+
+  Something that just keeps running rsync continuously over a data set
+  likely to generate problems.
+
+Cross-testing
+
+  Run current rsync versions against significant past releases.
+
+Memory debugger
+
+  jra recommends:
+
+    http://devel-home.kde.org/~sewardj/
+
 DOCUMENTATION --------------------------------------------------------
 
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