Title: Bitcoin v1 questions Post by: yokosan on September 25, 2014, 10:32:19 PM With 0.9.3 on the horizon it doesn't seem like v1 is that far off. Probably safe to say that it will come out within the next 2 years.
My questions regarding v1 are as follows:
Feel free to add more questions... Title: Re: Bitcoin v1 questions Post by: laurentmt on September 25, 2014, 11:04:37 PM v0.9 could also be followed by 0.10, 0.11, ... ;)
I guess v1 will come when bitcoin is not considered anymore as an experimentation. Title: Re: Bitcoin v1 questions Post by: DannyHamilton on September 26, 2014, 10:08:43 AM With 0.9.3 on the horizon it doesn't seem like v1 is that far off. What does the number 0.9.3 have to do with v1? Probably safe to say that it will come out within the next 2 years. My questions regarding v1 are as follows: I'd expect it to be more like 5 to 10 years.
That would be my expectation.
That will depend on who is handling the pull requests at the time, and how they choose to manage it, but my guess is that the version will change to 1.x.y when the general consensus is that the software is no longer "beta".
Are you offering to write the code, create the test cases, and review the portions of code submitted by others? There may be a graphical overhaul. There may not. That will really depend on the contributions of the volunteers.
I don't think there are specific features or bug fixes that will automatically make it "v1". Many things will be added and changed, but I don't think you can check off a list to determine how close we are.
Since this system manages a rather substantial amount of people's wealth, I suspect that changes will be made slowly and carefully. Anything implemented will be done with as little risk as possible. This means code reviews and lots of testing (especially with modifications that aren't considered to be "trivial"). This doesn't mean that these changes can't happen, it just means that they won't happen quickly. Title: Re: Bitcoin v1 questions Post by: medUSA on September 26, 2014, 11:12:23 AM Version numbers is a only a name, devs can have "0.9.9.123" or "0.A.1" if they wanted.
I am not that bothered with version numbers honestly, but I think would like to see a solution to the blockchain pruning issue before we can comfortably have the 1.0 landmark version. Title: Re: Bitcoin v1 questions Post by: gmaxwell on September 26, 2014, 04:39:20 PM The next major version will be v 0.10
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