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@@ -5,16 +5,6 @@ URGENT ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Cross-test versions
-
-  Part of the regression suite should be making sure that we don't
-  break backwards compatibility: old clients vs new servers and so
-  on.  Ideally we would test the cross product of versions.  
-
-  It might be sufficient to test downloads from well-known public
-  rsync servers running different versions of rsync.  This will give
-  some testing and also be the most common case for having different
-  versions and not being able to upgrade.
 
 use chroot
 
@@ -259,6 +249,10 @@ logging
   At the connections that just get a list of modules are not logged,
   but they should be.
 
+  If a child of the rsync daemon dies with a signal, we should notice
+  that when we reap it and log a message.
+
+
 rsyncd over ssh
 
   There are already some patches to do this.
@@ -302,6 +296,41 @@ TDB:
   structures.
 
 
+chmod:
+
+  On 12 Mar 2002, Dave Dykstra <dwd@bell-labs.com> wrote:
+  > If we would add an option to do that functionality, I would vote for one
+  > that was more general which could mask off any set of permission bits and
+  > possibly add any set of bits.  Perhaps a chmod-like syntax if it could be
+  > implemented simply.
+
+  I think that would be good too.  For example, people uploading files   
+  to a web server might like to say
+
+  rsync -avzP --chmod a+rX ./ sourcefrog.net:/home/www/sourcefrog/
+
+  Ideally the patch would implement as many of the gnu chmod semantics
+  as possible.  I think the mode parser should be a separate function
+  that passes back something like (mask,set) description to the rest of
+  the program.  For bonus points there would be a test case for the  
+  parser.
+
+
+--diff
+
+  Allow people to specify the diff command.  (Might want to use wdiff,
+  gnudiff, etc.)
+
+  Just diff the temporary file with the destination file, and delete
+  the tmp file rather than moving it into place.
+
+  Interaction with --partial.
+
+  Security interactions with daemon mode?
+
+  (Suggestion from david.e.sewell)
+
+
 PLATFORMS ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Win32
@@ -342,10 +371,42 @@ Memory debugger
 
     http://devel-home.kde.org/~sewardj/
 
+TESTING --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Cross-test versions
+
+  Part of the regression suite should be making sure that we don't
+  break backwards compatibility: old clients vs new servers and so
+  on.  Ideally we would test the cross product of versions.  
+
+  It might be sufficient to test downloads from well-known public
+  rsync servers running different versions of rsync.  This will give
+  some testing and also be the most common case for having different
+  versions and not being able to upgrade.
+
+Test large files
+
+  Sparse and non-sparse
+
+Mutator program
+
+  Insert bytes, delete bytes, swap blocks, ...
+
+configure option to enable dangerous tests
+
+If tests are skipped, say why.
+
+Test daemon feature to disallow particular options.
+
+
 DOCUMENTATION --------------------------------------------------------
 
 Update README
 
+Keep list of open issues and todos on the web site
+
+Update web site from CVS
+
 BUILD FARM -----------------------------------------------------------
 
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