From: Drak <drak@zikula•org>
To: Wladimir <laanwj@gmail•com>
Cc: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Revisiting the BIPS process, a proposal
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:53:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANAnSg1eH8+sY6n4-cptdzS5Qj0aXdN_d8h8B9joyk73HGL6ZA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+s+GJDnCx4ZT5woovB-MsKfHOqNoC9WefKQ-VMpWHCZrat5Kw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 19 November 2013 16:32, Wladimir <laanwj@gmail•com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay•com> wrote:
>
>> BIP drafts are stored in git://github.com/bitcoin/bips.git/drafts/ and
>> are not automatically assigned a BIPS number.
>>
>
> Are we going to move ahead with this?
>
> If so, I'm volunteering to create the repository and import the current
> BIPs from the wiki there (and convert from wiki markup to markdown where
> necessary).
>
> 2) Time passes. Software for BIP drafts is developed, tested,
>> published, and publicly discussed in a typical open source manner.
>>
>
> Personally I think it is useful to have a number as soon as a BIP can be
> implemented, even if still in draft status; it gives something to refer to
> when mentioning a certain improvement proposal (in commit messages and such
> it could be called BIP xxx Draft).
> I don't think we are at risk of running out of numbers to assign any time
> soon.
>
It's quite normal for standards bodies to allocate numbers when in draft
status. If they don't pass, they don't pass - they are clearly labelled
DRAFTs.
+1 on having things in a github repository. Much better for collaboration,
Drak
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Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-21 14:30 Jeff Garzik
2013-10-21 14:34 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-10-21 15:46 ` Andreas Schildbach
2013-10-21 16:14 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-10-21 17:17 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-10-21 19:38 ` Jean-Paul Kogelman
2013-10-21 19:47 ` Luke-Jr
2013-10-21 20:57 ` Benjamin Cordes
2013-10-21 20:59 ` Benjamin Cordes
2013-10-22 6:39 ` Martin Sustrik
2013-10-22 6:59 ` Jean-Paul Kogelman
2013-10-22 7:03 ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-10-22 7:34 ` Martin Sustrik
2013-10-22 7:49 ` Peter Todd
2013-10-22 7:56 ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-10-22 8:20 ` Martin Sustrik
2013-10-22 14:08 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-10-23 7:38 ` Martin Sustrik
2013-10-23 19:40 ` Peter Todd
2013-10-23 20:05 ` Martin Sustrik
2013-10-23 20:27 ` Peter Todd
2013-10-23 21:07 ` Pieter Wuille
2013-10-23 21:42 ` Allen Piscitello
2013-10-23 21:49 ` Luke-Jr
2013-10-24 7:03 ` Martin Sustrik
2013-10-24 10:39 ` Jeff Garzik
2013-10-24 11:11 ` Christian Decker
2013-10-24 19:43 ` Jeremy Spilman
2013-11-19 16:32 ` Wladimir
2013-11-19 16:53 ` Drak [this message]
2013-11-19 17:01 ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-11-19 17:07 ` Drak
2013-11-19 17:45 ` Wladimir
2013-11-19 17:54 ` Gregory Maxwell
2013-11-19 17:06 ` Peter Todd
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2013-11-19 17:21 ` [Bitcoin-development] Fwd: " Wladimir
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