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 1V1izC-0003FW-PA for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:15:06 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.215.48 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.215.48; envelope-from=gmaxwell@gmail.com; helo=mail-la0-f48.google.com; Received: from mail-la0-f48.google.com ([209.85.215.48]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1V1izB-0007Bv-0H for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:15:06 +0000 Received: by mail-la0-f48.google.com with SMTP id lx15so6472936lab.21 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:14:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.12.137 with SMTP id y9mr15105671lbb.91.1374610498234; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:14:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.112.160.104 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:14:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:14:58 -0700 Message-ID: From: Gregory Maxwell To: Mike Hearn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) 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 X-Headers-End: 1V1izB-0007Bv-0H Cc: Bitcoin Dev Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Linux packaging letter 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, 23 Jul 2013 20:15:07 -0000 On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Mike Hearn wrote: > Hi, > > Some of us have put together an open letter to the Linux packaging > community, outlining why Bitcoin is different to other programs and asking > them to not patch or modify the upstream sources. > > Please consider signing it if you agree (I think the wording by now is fine, > so don't edit the contents - use the comment feature if you want to though). > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1naenR6N6fMWSpHM0f4jpQhYBEkCEQDbLBs8AXC19Y-o/edit#heading=h.i7tz3gqh65mi Ah, this is not entirely in sync with the last (mostly minor) copyedits that had been signed off by Gavin, Pieter, Jgarzik, and I... but that appears to be a smaller issue than the fact that the whole thing is now being rewritten by "anonymous beaver" and friends.