sybase ase hourly transaction log dump keep growing in size (continued)

To me, the replication transactions should not be considered part of normal db transactions, in the sense that they don't alter the data state of the database, but that of the replicated twins. At least, no reason for 'truncation point' for the real db to get held hostage if a gone-wild REP thread declined/forgot/neglected to commit its replication transaction.