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| author | Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com> | 2012-06-17 20:07:45 -0400 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2012-06-18 00:07:52 +0000 |
| commit | 490ec0db1b07ea00385227fe2ff9c21ed7515077 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d635d996cd12b1b827c115f0eae38c256689cd7 | |
| parent | ac4b873c76a8f494edecc06f21b6d176b912f30d (diff) | |
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.6.x - detachdb in wrong place
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diff --git a/3d/6bedf47ee67ffd0ed9fd90e3c31b8b6d8f8892 b/3d/6bedf47ee67ffd0ed9fd90e3c31b8b6d8f8892 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..08d05ac44 --- /dev/null +++ b/3d/6bedf47ee67ffd0ed9fd90e3c31b8b6d8f8892 @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +Received: from sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.194] + helo=mx.sourceforge.net) + by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) + (envelope-from <gmaxwell@gmail.com>) id 1SgPVY-0004nI-CC + for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; + Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:07:52 +0000 +Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com + designates 209.85.216.46 as permitted sender) + client-ip=209.85.216.46; envelope-from=gmaxwell@gmail.com; + helo=mail-qa0-f46.google.com; +Received: from mail-qa0-f46.google.com ([209.85.216.46]) + by sog-mx-4.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) + (Exim 4.76) id 1SgPVX-0004s9-P3 + for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; + Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:07:52 +0000 +Received: by qadb17 with SMTP id b17so845225qad.12 + for <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>; + Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:07:46 -0700 (PDT) +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Received: by 10.224.191.74 with SMTP id dl10mr24272698qab.65.1339978066288; + Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:07:46 -0700 (PDT) +Received: by 10.229.144.205 with HTTP; Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:07:45 -0700 (PDT) +In-Reply-To: <CAD2Ti28eC6A2+k8JfV3nXMLmye12K28rfCAorby87aXgV2ZGaQ@mail.gmail.com> +References: <CAD2Ti2_Z-mzHu_VG7fq+sgQj7CfdZ_nKoa7Q6nDObwBSL6yXgQ@mail.gmail.com> + <CAAS2fgQCc_-FgiXs0JABkAzZWNrbhhWYutvRgFLsnKYaEWDqwQ@mail.gmail.com> + <CAD2Ti29+=L+ss7fwivy+gfPFuE10sQdy68TGhL-30ngWKTLdQA@mail.gmail.com> + <CAAS2fgTHo0U+2U5vtbmTEiKB6rBHbfuRHsm-bcnRhSrs-2jZpw@mail.gmail.com> + <CAD2Ti28eC6A2+k8JfV3nXMLmye12K28rfCAorby87aXgV2ZGaQ@mail.gmail.com> +Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:07:45 -0400 +Message-ID: <CAAS2fgQkiB1b1sepCcZ_Fw3P4Dd0DQVb=oEFJdjos6YqDAKdJg@mail.gmail.com> +From: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com> +To: grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) +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 + (gmaxwell[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 + 0.1 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list +X-Headers-End: 1SgPVX-0004s9-P3 +Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net +Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.6.x - detachdb in wrong place +X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 +Precedence: list +List-Id: <bitcoin-development.lists.sourceforge.net> +List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, + <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe> +List-Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=bitcoin-development> +List-Post: <mailto:bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net> +List-Help: <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=help> +List-Subscribe: <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development>, + <mailto:bitcoin-development-request@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=subscribe> +X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:07:52 -0000 + +On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 7:04 PM, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com> wrote: +> Presumably the github/0.6.2 branch is safe for production? + +0.6.2 is very widely used, more so than the other acceptably updated backpo= +rts. + +> What degree of caution about wallet eating should be +> made for those using github/master? + +I can't speak for anyone but myself: + +I don't run master on wallets with large amounts of (non-testnet) coin +in them, except for a few times when I needed access to this feature +or that or just in a isolated capacity for testing. In any use with +real wallets I'd be sure to have good backups that never touched the +new code. + +We have at various times had bugs in master that would corrupt wallets +(though IIRC not too severely) and have bugs that would burn coin both +in mining and in transactions (though again, I think not too +severely). My caution is not due to the risk being exceptionally +great but just because there is probably no remedy if things go wrong, +this caution is magnified by the fact that we don't currently have +enough testing activity on master. + +Testnet exists so that people can test without fear of losing a lot of +funds and with the 0.7.0(git master) testnet reboot it should be more +usable than it has been. It would be very helpful if anyone offering +bitcoin services would setup parallel toy versions of your sites on +testnet=E2=80=94 it would bring more attention to your real services, it wo= +uld +give you an opportunity to get more testing done of your real +services, it would show some more commitment to software quality, and +it would let you take a more active role in advancing bitcoin +development by doing a little testing yourself that you couldn't do on +your production systems. + + |