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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:49:13 +0200
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From: Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com>
To: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Version 0.9 goals
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On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>wrote:

> It feels to me like we're close to a 0.9 "feature freeze" / start of
> release cycle; I'd like to talk a little bit about what we'd like to see in
> the final 0.9 release.
>
> Payment Protocol support is ready to be pulled (
> https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2539) . Unless there are major
> objections, I will pull it tomorrow (it has already gone through two rounds
> of bounty-driven QA testing, so I'm convinced it is ready).
>

No objections from me, I've already looked at the code a few times and did
some testing here and there, looks good for merging.


> I'd love for 0.9 to contain sipa's "headers first" initial block download
> optimization; I think it is a big enough improvement to justify making the
> 0.9 test/release cycle longer.
>

Yep, that'd be great.


> Coin control (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2343).
>
> The autotools work (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2805).
>
> Gitian-build with the latest openssl and Qt5. Perhaps update the version
> of Debian VMs that we gitian-build with.
>

Fully agreed about payment protocol, autotools and Qt5 build.

I'm still not very excited about coin control (and last time I looked at
the code, it has an issue that it introduced statefulness into the wallet
model - a bane for concurrency. But that may be resolved?) . Anyway, many
people seem to want that so it's fine with me, given that the issues are
fixed.

Wladimir

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div>On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 2:29 AM, Gavin Andr=
esen <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:gavinandresen@gmail.com" targe=
t=3D"_blank">gavinandresen@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D=
"gmail_extra">
<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">=
It feels to me like we&#39;re close to a 0.9 &quot;feature freeze&quot; / s=
tart of release cycle; I&#39;d like to talk a little bit about what we&#39;=
d like to see in the final 0.9 release.<div>

<div><br></div><div>Payment Protocol support is ready to be pulled (<a href=
=3D"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2539" target=3D"_blank">https:/=
/github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2539</a>) . Unless there are major objecti=
ons, I will pull it tomorrow (it has already gone through two rounds of bou=
nty-driven QA testing, so I&#39;m convinced it is ready).</div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No objections from me, I&#39;v=
e already looked at the code a few times and did some testing here and ther=
e, looks good for merging.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:=
1ex">
<div dir=3D"ltr">
<div>I&#39;d love for 0.9 to contain sipa&#39;s &quot;headers first&quot; i=
nitial block download optimization; I think it is a big enough improvement =
to justify making the 0.9 test/release cycle longer.<br></div></div></block=
quote>
<div><br></div><div>Yep, that&#39;d be great.</div><div>=C2=A0</div><blockq=
uote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc =
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">
<div>Coin control (<a href=3D"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2343"=
 target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2343</a>).<br></=
div><div><br></div><div>The autotools work (<a href=3D"https://github.com/b=
itcoin/bitcoin/pull/2805" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitc=
oin/pull/2805</a>).</div>

<div><br></div><div>Gitian-build with the latest openssl and Qt5. Perhaps u=
pdate the version of Debian VMs that we gitian-build with.</div></div></blo=
ckquote><div><br></div><div>Fully agreed about payment protocol, autotools =
and Qt5 build.=C2=A0</div>
<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m still not very excited about coin control (and =
last time I looked at the code, it has an issue that it introduced stateful=
ness into the wallet model - a bane for concurrency. But that may be resolv=
ed?) . Anyway, many people seem to want that so it&#39;s fine with me, give=
n that the issues are fixed.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Wladimir</div></div></div></div>

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