Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RGkls-00014N-DU for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:02:24 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.216.47 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.47; envelope-from=ampedal@gmail.com; helo=mail-qw0-f47.google.com; Received: from mail-qw0-f47.google.com ([209.85.216.47]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1RGklr-0003ze-GM for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:02:24 +0000 Received: by qam2 with SMTP id 2so2508401qam.34 for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:02:18 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.81.197 with SMTP id y5mr2161000qck.266.1319086938016; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:02:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.3.68 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:02:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:02:17 -0400 Message-ID: From: Alex Waters To: Bitcoin Dev Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016361640995e4c0a04afb3dcb5 X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (ampedal[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1RGklr-0003ze-GM Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] BIP process X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:02:24 -0000 --0016361640995e4c0a04afb3dcb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > =95 I propose that BIPs be wiki pages, with a social convention that the > Author gets final word if any editing wars break out. ACK > =95 If he's willing, I propose that Amir take the role of BIP editor. > > ACK > =95 I think bitcoin is still too small to have a specialized > "bitcoin-ideas" mailing list; I propose that new potential BIPs be > discussed either here or on the bitcoin-dev mailing list. > ACK As for what Nils mentioned on using GitHub's Wiki feature, Gavin seems to have started a few proposals at https://github.com/gavinandresen/bitcoin-git/wiki. I think this is the righ= t direction to head in, and a composite list of similar proposals could be maintained on their own repository (to maintain separation from the core Bitcoin repo.) -Alex --0016361640995e4c0a04afb3dcb5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

=95 I propose that BIPs be wiki pages, with a social convention that the Author gets final word if any editing wars break out.

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