Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VYC2h-0001di-O3 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:44:55 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of bendiken.net designates 74.125.82.181 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.181; envelope-from=arto@bendiken.net; helo=mail-we0-f181.google.com; Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com ([74.125.82.181]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1VYC2g-0007OA-KE for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:44:55 +0000 Received: by mail-we0-f181.google.com with SMTP id t60so6189142wes.40 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:44:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=KILCeT82B6QrdkW7KqZEOkTJPXDBRhun39d7ElGLnAQ=; b=JDfA0F99ciPivTrZyC+GZOZFGYwJ53u2mSQe8351YBOZpqIn3PuEXdcQLyEL88mo4P Ont+0y9y35XQo258xcAbaCAU7hFZzXSk6HyPjdSzKd1NKTxgqs4fJ7wQOuRwaKdOE8Td 1Bu9Cx5ZgVwvuiWyAZz9I9xj/8IrXc/3Zy9KZDDsNSbmgvDOSlNTpARKuviZpUGhkasw 9R0DhAbhYQeb0osfSZ55HH8+7/WhPVVhH3H6ccyH2EfNLvemJ8nbetL03cHRJ9hjbGPI dqm/lJ+XlmjL0bWvtCR9D2VPcAbo0FakZ1DII9ypJKIhIojirmZAx3tX+P+vBLnQzhdP zPqQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnjXdj2P2C3r1ZAwpj7PzxB523rql4TGyY9q7YZOklJjJoFWLCImbi45Q2sC4uP5hcaUI3J X-Received: by 10.194.21.104 with SMTP id u8mr874826wje.63.1382348688398; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:44:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.68.70 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:44:08 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [5.9.98.103] In-Reply-To: References: <38895569-E6E1-4576-9E36-B00B53F9D3CC@me.com> <201310192229.19932.luke@dashjr.org> <19909B49-0895-4130-99FB-9A116140CFE9@me.com> <20131019235746.GA29032@savin> <9EF588BB-14B5-495A-8253-82574DCB1A8A@me.com> <20131020224316.GA25280@savin> <20131021062555.GA10784@savin> <80401395-792A-4637-A75C-1D499C547F98@me.com> <20131021064320.GA17190@savin> <5264D1DB.5060107@250bpm.com> From: Arto Bendiken Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 11:44:08 +0200 Message-ID: To: Melvin Carvalho Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) 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 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.0 URIBL_BLOCKED ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [URIs: python.org] X-Headers-End: 1VYC2g-0007OA-KE Cc: Bitcoin Development Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] A critique of bitcoin open source community 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: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:44:55 -0000 On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Melvin Carvalho wrote: > > I've followed quite a few FLOSS projects over the years. Overall, I've been > amazingly impressed with the BIP process (dont forget it's used in other > systems too -- python?). It seems an agile process, that strikes an great > balance between needed features, and documentation. I think that's exactly > what will continue bitcoin's momentum in the short to medium term. Indeed. The BIP analogs that immediately come to mind would be the enhancement proposal processes for Python, XMPP, and BitTorrent: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/ http://xmpp.org/xmpp-protocols/xmpp-extensions/ http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0000.html -- Arto Bendiken | @bendiken | http://ar.to