From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1VY2A7-00047K-Td for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:11:55 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of petertodd.org designates 62.13.149.80 as permitted sender) client-ip=62.13.149.80; envelope-from=pete@petertodd.org; helo=outmail149080.authsmtp.com; Received: from outmail149080.authsmtp.com ([62.13.149.80]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) id 1VY2A6-0001zb-BL for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:11:55 +0000 Received: from mail-c237.authsmtp.com (mail-c237.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.237]) by punt10.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r9KNBmrr024987; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:11:48 +0100 (BST) Received: from savin (76-10-178-109.dsl.teksavvy.com [76.10.178.109]) (authenticated bits=128) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/) with ESMTP id r9KNBhx7016694 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:11:46 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:11:43 -0400 From: Peter Todd To: Jean-Paul Kogelman Message-ID: <20131020231143.GA1570@savin> 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20131020224316.GA25280@savin> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Server-Quench: fe3122fb-39dc-11e3-94fa-002590a135d3 X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCd2Yg0TA1ZNQRgX IjsJECJaVQIpKltL GxAVKBZePFsRUQkR aAdMdAMUF1YAAgsB AmUbW1ReUVx7XWQ7 bAxPbAVDY01GQQRq WVdMSlVNFUsqCGd/ dEZWVRlzcQNPfDB5 ZkBkECYOX0V4dxAv X01dQT4bZGY1a30W VBYJagNUcgZDfk5E aVUrVz1vNG8XDQg5 AwQ0PjZ0MThBJSBS WgQAK04nCW9DFSQ9 WxEbADhnGkNNTSQv JBsnLBYbBEsXel41 LEEqVDMTNBoXFwtf A1Al X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633532353630.1024:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthSMTP-Origin: 76.10.178.109/587 X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. 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[URIs: github.com] -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record X-Headers-End: 1VY2A6-0001zb-BL 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: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:11:56 -0000 --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 06:43:16PM -0400, Peter Todd wrote: > FWIW I think that BIP's should have been done as a github repository, > allowing for dealing with this stuff transparently as a pull-request. > It'd also be useful to handle BIP's that way to make it easy to archive > them, update them, and keep a log of what and why they were updated. > Just put them in markdown format, which is pretty much feature > equivalent to the wiki now that markdown supports images. Figures, I'm told that's exactly how they were first done - https://github.com/genjix/bips - only people found it inconvenient and used the wiki instead. Pathetic IMO for standards, but it wouldn't exactly be the first time I've seen strong resistance to using revision control. (I quite literally work with rocket scientists/satellite engineers who can't be convinced to use it) I dunno, maybe something using git submodules or subtrees - letting the individual BIP "owners" make changes frequently until they're happy - might have more social acceptance. --=20 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org 000000000000000aff52788645172e4acca1d9fc9387ebe4074d9ce275273b44 --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQGrBAEBCACVBQJSZGMvXhSAAAAAABUAQGJsb2NraGFzaEBiaXRjb2luLm9yZzAw MDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDI0ZWNkYzliZjcwNmQxYmY5ZGUwNzZlMzBjYjQ4OTMxMGE4 N2U2YWQxOThkY2ViM2MvFIAAAAAAFQARcGthLWFkZHJlc3NAZ251cGcub3JncGV0 ZUBwZXRlcnRvZC5vcmcACgkQJIFAPaXwkfsEkQf/ZkY3wrKLHNP7lz0ASDZMB5ui Q8s7Ar1gQIfutbvMErg6qEODTB8L5oONne80GpAlfy1+ox05V8T/1g69fnrDfFlO QHzw5Eo9xLZnCjACp2fmbEC1O11/i7zL5P7y8yLUUVP5p2hH3H/P9D2KNetnJKTi YgMsckvdQIstzDEKwzL3Z6IspEI2p6j2ToMWwVtWwhBSUNE4mHMd2ILlDhPNE8xu zqxic/CtFTqipsyzqqI7RozP4JpjvWgwTdVUixsl7xizclcdm48Oy0wVTBKnPy4z 027o56S5z8ZPkhpsWRIGDCsTGWKZIyRpKYNIUvDYzfLe29nQnaHVnOAB2vAhcQ== =mzgb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--