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From: Douglas Huff <dhuff@jrbobdobbs.org>
To: jan@uos.de
Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.3.24
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 12:47:46 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C8D44AB3-1868-4255-9B6C-5AEE72C535C4@jrbobdobbs.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110701163558.GA7311@dax.lan.local>

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On Jul 1, 2011, at 11:35 AM, jan@uos.de wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 11:06:56AM -0400, Gavin Andresen wrote:
>>> Not sure about OS differentiation, seems...wrong?  Maybe disabled by
>>> default on bitcoind but on by default on bitcoin?
>> 
>> OK.  I mis-remembered the poll:
>>   http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=4392.0
>> 
>> On by default	                       8 (20%)
>> Off by default	                       22 (55%)
>> On by default in the GUI, off by default in bitcoind	 10 (25%)
> 
> I just voted as well and now - with some extra votes in the meantime -
> it's 9 / 22 / 13. So exactly 50/50 between off (22) and some form of on
> (9 + 13).
> 
> I'm in favor of turning it on by default in the GUI and leaving it off
> in bitcoind.
> 
> I don't like UPnP much, I find it exemplifies exactly what is wrong with
> computer security today: Convenience trumps security almost every time.

I don't think this should be a vote at all. Given Greg/Matt's numbers it is a necessity to ensure network stability over the next 90 days.

Also: the default will only apply to pre-built binaries, which bitcoind isn't one of, so for people running bitcoind this default doesn't matter at all. Just continue building without UPNP support as you're already doing.

-- 
Douglas Huff



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-07-01 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-01  0:07 [Bitcoin-development] 0.3.24 Matt Corallo
2011-07-01  2:07 ` Gregory Maxwell
2011-07-01  2:44   ` Douglas Huff
2011-07-01 12:41   ` Douglas Huff
2011-07-01  8:00 ` Pieter Wuille
2011-07-01  8:39   ` Jeff Garzik
2011-07-01 12:31     ` Gavin Andresen
2011-07-01 12:40       ` Matt Corallo
2011-07-01 15:06         ` Gavin Andresen
2011-07-01 16:35           ` jan
2011-07-01 16:47             ` Robert McKay
2011-07-01 17:47             ` Douglas Huff [this message]
2011-07-01 17:50               ` Matt Corallo
2011-07-01 17:52                 ` Douglas Huff
2011-07-01 22:03                 ` Matt Corallo
2011-07-01 22:07                   ` Douglas Huff
2011-07-01 17:59             ` Gregory Maxwell
2011-07-01 23:42           ` Jeff Garzik
2011-07-02  0:37             ` Jeff Garzik
2011-07-02  0:46               ` Matt Corallo
2011-07-02  0:51                 ` Gregory Maxwell
2011-07-02  1:05                 ` Douglas Huff
2011-07-02  1:12                   ` Matt Corallo
2011-07-02  2:05                     ` Gavin Andresen
2011-07-02 21:07                       ` Jeff Garzik
2011-07-03  1:58                         ` Matt Corallo

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