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-3.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XLI3M-0008WP-Gs for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:36:48 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.160.173 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.160.173; envelope-from=prabahy@gmail.com; helo=mail-yk0-f173.google.com; Received: from mail-yk0-f173.google.com ([209.85.160.173]) by sog-mx-1.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1XLI3L-0007zt-Mv for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:36:48 +0000 Received: by mail-yk0-f173.google.com with SMTP id 131so9442405ykp.18 for ; Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:36:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.236.124.132 with SMTP id x4mr4638668yhh.119.1408826201011; Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:36:41 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.170.93.212 with HTTP; Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:36:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140823174414.GT22640@nl.grid.coop> References: <2302927.fMx0I5lQth@1337h4x0r> <20140823061701.GQ22640@nl.grid.coop> <20140823143215.GA18452@savin.petertodd.org> <20140823174414.GT22640@nl.grid.coop> From: Paul Rabahy Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 16:36:19 -0400 Message-ID: To: Bitcoin Dev Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf303a2ebd42fdd8050151e9f8 X-Spam-Score: -0.6 (/) 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 (prabahy[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 1.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -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: 1XLI3L-0007zt-Mv Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Reconsidering github 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: Sat, 23 Aug 2014 20:36:48 -0000 --20cf303a2ebd42fdd8050151e9f8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I want go give a bit of an outsiders perspective. I thoroughly understand the concepts of bitcoin and am a professional programmer, but have never taken the time to compile my own copy of bitcoin core. I have looked at the pull requests on Github many times. I have cloned the repo to my own computer, but haven't really used that to do much. I find Github very easy to use, and (to me) it has the lowest bar to get more eyes passively looking at the code. As a security guy, I appreciate the extra time and effort that goes into signing commits and merges even if I have not personally verified the signatures. I would like to see bitcoin core continue to use github, but have no objection to additional mirrors of the repo being hosted on different sites. --20cf303a2ebd42fdd8050151e9f8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I want go give a bit of an outsiders perspective. I thorou= ghly understand the concepts of bitcoin and am a professional programmer, b= ut have never taken the time to compile my own copy of bitcoin core.

I have looked at the pull requests on Github many times. I have cloned = the repo to my own computer, but haven't really used that to do much. I= find Github very easy to use, and (to me) it has the lowest bar to get mor= e eyes passively looking at the code. As a security guy, I appreciate the e= xtra time and effort that goes into signing commits and merges even if I ha= ve not personally verified the signatures. I would like to see bitcoin core= continue to use github, but have no objection to additional mirrors of the= repo being hosted on different sites.
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