Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from <andyparkins@gmail.com>) id 1SfoCb-0001Lo-DF for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:17:49 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 74.125.82.53 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.53; envelope-from=andyparkins@gmail.com; helo=mail-wg0-f53.google.com; Received: from mail-wg0-f53.google.com ([74.125.82.53]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1SfoCa-00070d-ND for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:17:49 +0000 Received: by wgbfm10 with SMTP id fm10so3249859wgb.10 for <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>; Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:17:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.193.129 with SMTP id k1mr4343473wen.201.1339834662369; Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:17:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grissom.localnet ([91.84.15.31]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fm1sm8802915wib.10.2012.06.16.01.17.41 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:17:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net, Amir Taaki <zgenjix@yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:17:39 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.2.0-1-686-pae; KDE/4.7.4; i686; ; ) References: <CA+8xBpdD31koaVBh1RuDZKH1sygr8z10K=bPz8DepqYOa8i6yg@mail.gmail.com> <1339810493.15660.YahooMailNeo@web121004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1339810493.15660.YahooMailNeo@web121004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201206160917.39752.andyparkins@gmail.com> 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 (andyparkins[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 X-Headers-End: 1SfoCa-00070d-ND Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposed new P2P command and response: getcmds, cmdlist 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: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:17:49 -0000 On Saturday 16 Jun 2012 02:34:53 Amir Taaki wrote: > Introspection/command discovery is nice, but I would prefer it to be > immediately done in the first version exchange so no assumptions as to > how a network is operating need to be made. That would need a change of the current version message. So why not make the change be simply: one of the service bits indicates that "getcmds" is available? Then the version message doesn't need any on-the-wire change. Andy -- Dr Andy Parkins andyparkins@gmail.com