BIP process
4 messages, 18 to 20 Oct 2011. Started by Gavin Andresen.
Gavin Andresen, Nils Schneider, Alex Waters, Christian Decker
Amir started the "get more formal about changes to bitcoin" ball rolling by creating BIP 0001, starting from the Python "PEP" / BitTorrent "BEP" processes: https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=BIP_0001
The idea is to use BIPs for changes that may or will affect every bitcoin implementation (not to use them for proposed changes to one particular implementation).
I'd like to propose some minor changes to the process:
• I propose that BIPs be wiki pages, with a social convention that the Author gets final word if any editing wars break out.
• If he's willing, I propose that Amir take the role of BIP editor.
• I think bitcoin is still too small to have a specialized "bitcoin-ideas" mailing list; I propose that new potential BIPs be discussed either here or on the bitcoin-dev mailing list.
What do y'all think?
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> • I propose that BIPs be wiki pages, with a social convention that the > Author gets final word if any editing wars break out.
That's a good idea. What about using GitHub's Wiki feature for BIPs? They support MarkDown which is easy to read in text editors so we could someday create a repo with all finalized BIPs. That's a lot easier than importing a mediawiki dump. The last time en.bitcoin.it went down I tried to setup a static mirror and that was nearly impossible without a full LAMP stack. Also, BIPs should only contain images when absolutely necessary.
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> • If he's willing, I propose that Amir take the role of BIP editor.
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> • I think bitcoin is still too small to have a specialized > "bitcoin-ideas" mailing list; I propose that new potential BIPs be > discussed either here or on the bitcoin-dev mailing list.
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> > > • I propose that BIPs be wiki pages, with a social convention that the > Author gets final word if any editing wars break out.
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• If he's willing, I propose that Amir take the role of BIP editor.
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> > ACK > • I think bitcoin is still too small to have a specialized > "bitcoin-ideas" mailing list; I propose that new potential BIPs be > discussed either here or on the bitcoin-dev mailing list. >
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As for what Nils mentioned on using GitHub's Wiki feature, Gavin seems to have started a few proposals at https://github.com/gavinandresen/bitcoin-git/wiki. I think this is the right direction to head in, and a composite list of similar proposals could be maintained on their own repository (to maintain separation from the core Bitcoin repo.)
-Alex
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Alex Waters <ampedal@gmail•com> wrote:
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> >> • I propose that BIPs be wiki pages, with a social convention that the >> Author gets final word if any editing wars break out. > > > ACK >
Does it have to be wiki pages if we're going through an editorial process anyway, and there will be few who can actually edit the pages directly? I'd go for simple HTML documents in a repository.
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> > > • If he's willing, I propose that Amir take the role of BIP editor. >> >> ACK >
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> > >> • I think bitcoin is still too small to have a specialized >> "bitcoin-ideas" mailing list; I propose that new potential BIPs be >> discussed either here or on the bitcoin-dev mailing list. >> > > ACK >
Definitely. I don't think too many requests will come right away, and by posting them here we make sure that the most knowledgeable people are there to check and improve what might eventually end up in the clients.
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> > As for what Nils mentioned on using GitHub's Wiki feature, Gavin seems to > have started a few proposals at > https://github.com/gavinandresen/bitcoin-git/wiki. I think this is the > right direction to head in, and a composite list of similar proposals could > be maintained on their own repository (to maintain separation from the core > Bitcoin repo.) > > -Alex > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the > demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. > Take a complimentary Learning@Ciosco Self-Assessment and learn > about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Bitcoin-development mailing list > Bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge•net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development > >