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-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1UwZMQ-0003uv-NJ for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:57:46 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.128.169 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.128.169; envelope-from=nanotube@gmail.com; helo=mail-ve0-f169.google.com; Received: from mail-ve0-f169.google.com ([209.85.128.169]) by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1UwZMO-0006Om-Fs for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:57:46 +0000 Received: by mail-ve0-f169.google.com with SMTP id m1so4734758ves.28 for ; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 07:57:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.220.98.68 with SMTP id p4mr16542756vcn.28.1373381858709; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 07:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.101] (c-68-81-47-73.hsd1.pa.comcast.net. [68.81.47.73]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ih10sm20642026vdb.1.2013.07.09.07.57.37 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 09 Jul 2013 07:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51DC24DE.2040801@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:57:34 -0400 From: Daniel F User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: Bitcoin Dev References: <1372353053.10405.140661249237317.77984E1F@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1372605569.4937.140661250186789.39404E47@webmail.messagingengine.com> <51DB6548.5070909@lavabit.com> <1373367371.4283.140661253533454.0D7E544E@webmail.messagingengine.com> <51DC1761.5080303@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -0.4 (/) 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 (nanotube[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.2 MISSING_HEADERS Missing To: header -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: 1UwZMO-0006Om-Fs Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Proposal: MultiBit as default desktop client on bitcoin.org 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: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:57:46 -0000 on 07/09/2013 10:28 AM Mike Hearn said the following: > SourceForge has a horrible UI and blocks some countries. It also exposes > us to a large and potentially hackable mirror network. Whilst we're not > bandwidth constrained on our own servers, let's try and keep using them. the point was just that "if need be" free capacity is available without having to throw money at it. until there's no need, doesn't matter. also hackability (and ui) should be irrelevant for the autoupdate process (which i presume will do all kinds of checksum and sig verification). and it's likely the autoupdates that will create very lumpy download demand.