Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1QrDj4-00030t-HB for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:41:58 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.210.42 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.210.42; envelope-from=gavinandresen@gmail.com; helo=mail-pz0-f42.google.com; Received: from mail-pz0-f42.google.com ([209.85.210.42]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1QrDj3-000379-Po for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:41:58 +0000 Received: by pzk37 with SMTP id 37so2275704pzk.1 for ; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:41:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.143.17 with SMTP id q17mr7790197wfd.261.1313001711874; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:41:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.212.13 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:41:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1312971289.3253.6.camel@BMThinkPad.lan.bluematt.me> <20110810104316.GA30749@ulyssis.org> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:41:51 -0400 Message-ID: From: Gavin Andresen To: John Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) 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 (gavinandresen[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -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 0.6 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-Headers-End: 1QrDj3-000379-Po Cc: Bitcoin Dev 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: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:41:58 -0000 > To be honest I feel a bit like every change that I (and I've also heard t= his > from others) propose is shot down, no matter how well formulated.=A0 This= is > actively discouraging developers from joining this project. Well, to be honest I don't think more developers adding new features are needed right now-- I think the project's critical needs are more people testing and helping to fix bugs and scalability issues. In this particular case, I said I was mildly against it-- if you want me to switch to supporting it, then reassure me you're willing to do ALL the work to make it happen. Send me a list of wiki pages you'll edit to document the change and tell me that you'll be around to help people rewrite their backup scripts. > I think it would be better to switch to two branches, like most other ope= n > source projects I've worked with. I don't see how dividing efforts between a 'bug fix' and 'development' branch will help fix the project's critical needs. If we did, I think there would be less pressure to help with the boring bug-fixing and testing of the bug-fix branch, which I think would be bad. --=20 -- Gavin Andresen