From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 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 ) id 1RclpI-0007pZ-EL for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:36:56 +0000 X-ACL-Warn: Received: from zinan.dashjr.org ([173.242.112.54]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1RclpH-00049R-B7 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:36:56 +0000 Received: from ishibashi.localnet (fl-184-4-160-40.dhcp.embarqhsd.net [184.4.160.40]) (Authenticated sender: luke-jr) by zinan.dashjr.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D9A9856050F; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:36:49 +0000 (UTC) From: "Luke-Jr" To: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:36:44 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.1.4-gentoo; KDE/4.7.3; x86_64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: CE5A D56A 36CC 69FA E7D2 3558 665F C11D D53E 9583 X-PGP-Key-ID: 665FC11DD53E9583 X-PGP-Keyserver: x-hkp://subkeys.pgp.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <201112191736.45948.luke@dashjr.org> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -2.6 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain 0.2 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-Headers-End: 1RclpH-00049R-B7 Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Lying about User Agent (was: BIP language on normative behavior) 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, 19 Dec 2011 22:36:56 -0000 On Monday, December 19, 2011 5:29:34 PM Gregory Maxwell wrote: > I've been arguing with Luke-JR on IRC about the interpenetration of > BIP_0014=E2=80=94 Gavin's recent commit uses the same version string for= the > GUI interface and the daemon mode. >=20 > Luke believes this is a _violation_ of BIP_0014 and an error in > judgement on Gavin's part, and a failure to conform to the community > adopted standard.=20 To clarify, I believe LYING about the client is a violation. Specifically,= =20 Gavin's commit intentionally reports "bitcoin-qt" for bitcoind. A common na= me=20 for the codebase is compliant, and I don't see anything that says a version= =20 *must* be reported at all, let alone for a specific component, so it *could= *=20 comply by leaving that part off. But if there is a common part, it certainl= y=20 isn't Bitcoin-Qt. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/715 contains a fix that should fulf= il=20 everyone's desires (Gavin wants security by obscurity by making bitcoind an= d=20 Bitcoin-Qt indistinguishable; this is the default with pull #715).