From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.191] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1R5fQF-00014b-0f for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:06:15 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.216.175 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.175; envelope-from=gmaxwell@gmail.com; helo=mail-qy0-f175.google.com; Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com ([209.85.216.175]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1R5fQE-0001gE-30 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:06:14 +0000 Received: by qyk10 with SMTP id 10so2615536qyk.13 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:06:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.212.17 with SMTP id gq17mr2120852qcb.109.1316444768131; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:06:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.49.12 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:06:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201109191100.58100.luke@dashjr.org> References: <201109181930.59565.luke@dashjr.org> <201109191100.58100.luke@dashjr.org> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:06:07 -0400 Message-ID: From: Gregory Maxwell To: Luke-Jr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) 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 (gmaxwell[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -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 0.2 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-Headers-End: 1R5fQE-0001gE-30 Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.4.x stable branch 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 Sep 2011 15:06:15 -0000 On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Luke-Jr wrote: > The problem with the current development model is that bugfixes are done > alongside improvements, and code changes *always* have the potential to > introduce new bugs, no matter how careful anyone is. So to stay on top of > bugfixes right now implies risking new bugs being introduced. What good is > getting one bug fixed, if it comes with 20 new yet-to-be-discovered bugs? Bug fixes also introduce bugs. Considering the fairly small number of new features added, I'd take a bet that most of the more recently introduced bugs were the result of fixes not features.