From: Wayne Davison Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:03:50 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Expanded the comment on the new batch code. X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/commitdiff_plain/bb3edc3b47dd8cf300523c4cfddf58c6c47f4d1c Expanded the comment on the new batch code. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1ebcff74..2b1a9618 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -83,10 +83,14 @@ Changes since 2.6.2: - Added the --checksum-seed=N option for advanced users. - - Batch writing/reading has a brand-new implementation that is - simpler, fixes a few weird problems with the old code, and is much - less intrusive into the code (making it easier to maintain for the - future). (Chris Shoemaker) + - Batch writing/reading has a brand-new implementation that is simpler, + fixes a few weird problems with the old code (such as no longer + sprinkling the batch files into different dirs or even onto different + systems), and is much less intrusive into the code (making it easier + to maintain for the future). The new code generates just one data + file instead of three, which makes it possible to read the batch via + stdin. Also, the old requirement of using the same fixed checksum- + seed for all batch processing has been removed. (Chris Shoemaker) INTERNAL: