Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-2.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1QmD0J-0008WN-LG for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:55:03 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.161.47 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.161.47; envelope-from=joel.kaartinen@gmail.com; helo=mail-fx0-f47.google.com; Received: from mail-fx0-f47.google.com ([209.85.161.47]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1QmD0I-00060t-Ly for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:55:03 +0000 Received: by fxg11 with SMTP id 11so1015998fxg.34 for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:54:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.18.203 with SMTP id x11mr111301bka.294.1311807296348; Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:54:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [91.153.53.68] (a91-153-53-68.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.153.53.68]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l22sm92302bku.24.2011.07.27.15.54.54 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:54:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Joel Joonatan Kaartinen To: Gavin Andresen In-Reply-To: References: <1311765274.9830.3.camel@mei> <201107271028.28057.luke@dashjr.org> <1311786944.9830.77.camel@mei> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:54:52 +0300 Message-ID: <1311807292.9830.84.camel@mei> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) 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 (joel.kaartinen[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 0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-Headers-End: 1QmD0I-00060t-Ly Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Seeking advice: Encouraging bug-fixing over new features 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, 27 Jul 2011 22:55:03 -0000 On Thu, 2011-07-28 at 08:45 +1000, Gavin Andresen wrote: > For example, if somebody has figured out how to solve 90% of some > tricky bug I don't want them to hesitate to ask for help on the last > 10% because they're worried "if I describe the progress I've made so > far somebody might swoop in and steal my bounty...." Well, the bounty thing can't be automated, so, wouldn't publishing the work you've done up to then by, for example, mailing this list, pretty much guarantee someone else couldn't claim they fixed it all by themselves anymore? It could, however, end up with some quarrels about how much of the bounty to give and to whom. Those are not nice things to have. - Joel