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June 12, 2011, 04:33:18 AM |
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Gavin created bitcoin-development mailing list at SourceForge, for more focused devel talk. The forum is rapidly becoming unusable for 'serious work'.
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Cdecker
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June 12, 2011, 07:31:42 AM |
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Just a quick question: is this just for mainline client dev, or are we alternative developers allowed to ask questions too?
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June 12, 2011, 07:32:51 AM |
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Just a quick question: is this just for mainline client dev, or are we alternative developers allowed to ask questions too? You'd have to ask Gavin to be 100% sure, but I think that anybody working on software that deals with the bitcoin network should be welcome...
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Cdecker
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June 12, 2011, 07:34:17 AM |
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Great thanks, looking forward to the list. The forum just became too crowded lately, and a lot of FUD around...
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June 12, 2011, 07:40:42 AM |
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Great thanks, looking forward to the list. The forum just became too crowded lately, and a lot of FUD around...
See my comments in this thread, also. The forum just isn't suited for introducing new people to bitcoin, anymore. It scares off more business-professionals than it attracts.
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davux
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June 12, 2011, 07:29:51 PM |
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Just a quick question: is this just for mainline client dev, or are we alternative developers allowed to ask questions too? You'd have to ask Gavin to be 100% sure, but I think that anybody working on software that deals with the bitcoin network should be welcome... I think they should, too. The list should be about discussing the protocol evolutions, not only C++ code for this particular client. As many pointed out, it's problematic that there is only one client. As in any internet protocol, the protocol itself should be very well described, in a formal way, so that multiple implementations may exist. This is all for the health of Bitcoin. That's why I think the list should encourage generic protocol discussions, and alternative software development.
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June 12, 2011, 10:01:05 PM |
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Just a quick question: is this just for mainline client dev, or are we alternative developers allowed to ask questions too? As long as the questions are core-bitcoin-related and not specific to your alternative client. Good alternative client question: "I'm writing an alternative client that doesn't store private keys at all (they are generated from the user's password). But I'll need a bitcoin protocol message that does XYZ to make it work; are other clients willing to support that new message?" Bad alternative client question: "I'm coding my alternative client in Forth; what's the best GUI toolkit to use?"
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How often do you get the chance to work on a potentially world-changing project?
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Cdecker
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June 13, 2011, 08:40:00 AM |
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Just a quick question: is this just for mainline client dev, or are we alternative developers allowed to ask questions too? As long as the questions are core-bitcoin-related and not specific to your alternative client. Good alternative client question: "I'm writing an alternative client that doesn't store private keys at all (they are generated from the user's password). But I'll need a bitcoin protocol message that does XYZ to make it work; are other clients willing to support that new message?" Bad alternative client question: "I'm coding my alternative client in Forth; what's the best GUI toolkit to use?" Yup, I guess most questions will be about the protocol anyway, so there's no problem there. Is the mailing list moderated? I think that would be usefull (unless we try to repeat the mess of the forum).
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Pieter Wuille
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July 06, 2011, 09:39:39 AM |
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Can this thread be made sticky?
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July 06, 2011, 10:15:02 AM |
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Just a quick question: is this just for mainline client dev, or are we alternative developers allowed to ask questions too? "I'm writing an alternative client that doesn't store private keys at all (they are generated from the user's password). But I'll need a bitcoin protocol message that does XYZ to make it work; are other clients willing to support that new message?" This is fantastic.
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July 14, 2011, 09:01:26 PM |
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m3ta
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October 05, 2011, 01:44:20 AM |
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The mailing list is rapidly becoming unusable for 'serious work' too.
+1 When you have so many "mailing list top-posts quoting original signatures" (aka: lame) without explicit rules of "ML etiquette", that is inevitable. But, indeed, with lack of any planning, it happened fast. Too fast.
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jl2035
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November 21, 2012, 11:54:01 AM |
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I wonder how there are still people that doesn't hate mailing lists.
Mailing lists are a piece of **** comparing them to forums or stackexchange sites...
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Pieter Wuille
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November 21, 2012, 01:56:38 PM |
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Mailing lists are a piece of **** comparing them to forums or stackexchange sites...
They serve different purpose. Stackexchange and forums are not good platforms for discussion.
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jl2035
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November 22, 2012, 11:52:34 AM |
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Mailing lists are a piece of **** comparing them to forums or stackexchange sites...
They serve different purpose. Stackexchange and forums are not good platforms for discussion. so you're saying that mailing lists are... I think I understand that, but they are definitely not very kind for reading.
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BitcoinAshley
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March 18, 2013, 05:47:52 PM |
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Well, they are only not kind for reading when people blatantly disregard mailing list etiquette, as was shown in the examples above.
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June 09, 2013, 08:07:13 PM |
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Great thanks, looking forward to the list. The forum just became too crowded lately, and a lot of FUD around...
See my comments in this thread, also. The forum just isn't suited for introducing new people to bitcoin, anymore. It scares off more business-professionals than it attracts. That was a prophetic statement that is so true. Business people may well be put off by the slagging matches and so on. Im not sure if its an age group thing or just the mentality that creates that grinding effect, but its not really needed or warranted... Best left in the playground
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June 18, 2013, 09:07:43 PM |
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Yes. Best left on the playground. I don't understand why this goes on.
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Mooshire
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June 19, 2013, 02:55:29 AM |
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If you're going to use a mailing list, why not use BitMessage?
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