Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from <jgarzik@exmulti.com>) id 1QrGTE-0002lx-5G for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:37:48 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from mail-iy0-f171.google.com ([209.85.210.171]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1QrGTD-0006jM-Gt for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:37:48 +0000 Received: by iyf13 with SMTP id 13so2097393iyf.30 for <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:37:42 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.157.130 with SMTP id d2mr9017882icx.469.1313012261425; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:37:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.226.4 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:37:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [99.173.148.118] In-Reply-To: <CAJNQ0sudgAnr9hMUMt8grSNTYswunyNnp25Uzw5t17ucxTBoGA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAJNQ0sudgAnr9hMUMt8grSNTYswunyNnp25Uzw5t17ucxTBoGA@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:37:41 -0400 Message-ID: <CA+8xBpcFKiYnp3+yzqhoeVvo0qiYoewqNcCUTp=kfyK-SFXeqQ@mail.gmail.com> From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@exmulti.com> To: John Smith <witchspace81@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. X-Headers-End: 1QrGTD-0006jM-Gt Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Change to multiple executables? X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: <bitcoin-development.lists.sourceforge.net> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=bitcoin-development> List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:37:48 -0000 On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 5:36 AM, John Smith <witchspace81@gmail.com> wrote: > In the current mainline client everything is lugged into one executable > (with an optional daemon-only one). I think this is a bad idea for various > reasons, and would propose something like: > > bitcoind: bitcoin daemon > bitcoin(-qt): bitcoin GUI executable > bitcoincl: bitcoin RPC command line > > By default, all three would be built. In non-GUI mode, only bitcoind and > bitcoincl are built (the names are obviously open for discussion). Seems reasonable to me. -- Jeff Garzik exMULTI, Inc. jgarzik@exmulti.com