rsync - Nov 2006 - rsync support of hfs+ (osx) metadata? solution from Apple ... ?

hi,

it seems there's a more-recent solution, referenced here:

     http://www.lartmaker.nl/rsync/

that points out:

   "Since OS X 10.4 (aka Tiger) the MacOS ships with a modified
version of rsync. An added option, -E, enables the transfer of
extended attributes."

exploring, the current apple patches @:

    http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.4.8.ppc/rsync-24/patches/

apply successfully only to rsync v263 -- and not to v269.

rather than depending on apple for patches to old versions, dooes it
make sense (is it possible?) to integrate this solution into the rsync
tree?

thanks.