From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1R5dHf-0001OD-64 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:49:15 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.161.47 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.161.47; envelope-from=gavinandresen@gmail.com; helo=mail-fx0-f47.google.com; Received: from mail-fx0-f47.google.com ([209.85.161.47]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1R5dHZ-0001De-Aj for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:49:15 +0000 Received: by mail-fx0-f47.google.com with SMTP id 1so5378624fxi.34 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:49:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.13.208 with SMTP id d16mr5031436faa.141.1316436548835; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:49:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.25.105 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:49:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201109181930.59565.luke@dashjr.org> References: <201109181930.59565.luke@dashjr.org> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:49:08 -0400 Message-ID: From: Gavin Andresen To: Luke-Jr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 (gavinandresen[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 0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-Headers-End: 1R5dHZ-0001De-Aj 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 12:49:15 -0000 On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Luke-Jr wrote: > If we prepare the git repository + tags, would you guys be > willing to make the actual release builds + source, and/or post such on the > websites you administrate? > Luke and various others in #bitcoin-stable My initial reaction is no. Testing and bug-fixing is the bottleneck for making core bitcoin better, and maintaining two release lines won't make that better. I also think that until we get to a "1.0" that we can all agree is ready for everybody AND their grandma to use, using the word "stable" would be dishonest. Would we link to your binaries if you want to create 0.4.* releases, build binaries, then QA test and release them? I dunno-- what do other people think? Eventually, when there are a bunch of bitcoin implementations to choose from, I think bitcoin.org should look like bittorrent.org -- it should become a forum for developers to exchange ideas about the direction of bitcoin. -- -- Gavin Andresen