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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@gmail.com>
To: Btc Drak <btcdrak@gmail.com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Separated bitcoin-consensus mailing list (was Re: Bitcoin XT Fork)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:20:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADm_WcYdWyeVhfvzbW=smqinCupTEvf7sz=ctU4ht+LssM3=Tw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADJgMzsPT7n+favkjHSuWh1YGQPZQAFLyOgxu4wDNwXSa_-3og@mail.gmail.com>

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bitcoin-dev for protocol discussion and bitcoin-core for Bitcoin Core
discussion?

As Jorge notes, a general discussion list has existed for a long time with
little use.


On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 5:58 AM, Btc Drak via bitcoin-dev <
bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Jorge Timón <jtimon@jtimon.cc> wrote:
>
>> Apparently that existed already:
>> http://sourceforge.net/p/bitcoin/mailman/
>> But technical people run away from noise while non-technical people
>> chase them wherever their voices sounds more loud.
>>
>
> Regarding disruptors, if there are clear rules about what is acceptable on
> -dev, one can simply moderate out offenders. It's absolutely necessary we
> have a forum where we can share and discuss purely academic and technical
> matters. No-one can accuse censorship because all moderation would say
> would be to "take it to the other list". It's essential for all people who
> are developing and maintaining Bitcoin protocol software, or services that
> rely on it. The mailing list used to be very low volume.
>
> While we are at it, we should also think about a bitcoin-announce read
> only list which consumers of Bitcoin Core can subscribe for announcements
> about new versions of Bitcoin Core, and any critical warnings. Miners and
> service providers would particularly benefit from this. The list is
> moderated so only say Bitcoin Core commit engineers are allowed to post.
>
>
>> One thing that I would like though, is separating Bitcoin
>> Core-specific development from general bips and consensus discussions.
>>
>
> The potential downside is too much separation becomes confusing although I
> would not oppose such a change. My own suggestion would be try just a -dev
> and -discuss list and see how that goes first. It used to work well.
> Whatever the case I am very confident we need a general discussion mailing
> list.
>
>
>
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-08-19 14:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-19  8:59 [bitcoin-dev] Separated bitcoin-consensus mailing list (was Re: Bitcoin XT Fork) Jorge Timón
2015-08-19  9:58 ` Btc Drak
2015-08-19 10:21   ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-19 14:20   ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2015-08-19 18:47     ` Btc Drak
2015-08-19 19:28       ` Warren Togami Jr.
2015-08-19 23:16         ` Dave Scotese
2015-08-19 23:44           ` NxtChg
2015-08-20  0:14             ` Jorge Timón
2015-08-20  0:21 ` Bryan Bishop

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