Bug#718272: [Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2018-06-19 Thread Vincas Dargis
Any news after half a year? Why it's marked "fixed-upstream"?

Bug#718272: [Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2017-11-04 Thread Anthony Towns
Hey Luke, Jonas, On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 08:31:33PM +, Luke Dashjr wrote: > > >> I believe Bitcoin is now stable enough for stable release. > > > Things have only gotten less stable upstream since 2013... > > Please provide references supporting that. 0.15 is certainly "stable" in the sense

Bug#718272: [Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2017-11-03 Thread Luke Dashjr
On Friday 03 November 2017 1:27:24 PM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Luke Dashjr (2017-11-03 11:25:23) > > > On Friday 03 November 2017 9:10:37 AM you wrote: > >> I believe Bitcoin is now stable enough for stable release. > > > > Things have only gotten less stable upstream since 2013... > >

Bug#718272: [Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2017-11-03 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Luke Dashjr (2017-11-03 11:25:23) > On Friday 03 November 2017 9:10:37 AM you wrote: >> I believe Bitcoin is now stable enough for stable release. > > Things have only gotten less stable upstream since 2013... Please provide references supporting that. > What is the plan for getting

Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2017-11-03 Thread Luke Dashjr
On Friday 03 November 2017 9:10:37 AM you wrote: > I believe Bitcoin is now stable enough for stable release. Things have only gotten less stable upstream since 2013... What is the plan for getting security and protocol change updates backported to Debian stable? Luke

Bug#718272: [Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#718272: Bug#718272: Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2014-06-20 Thread Scott Howard
On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Dmitry Smirnov only...@debian.org wrote: Hi Scott, For your information I have a case that you might find interesting: Zabbix did not meet release criteria and was removed from testing just before release of Wheezy. Ever since yours truly was maintaining it

Bug#718272: [Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#718272: Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2013-12-17 Thread Dmitry Smirnov
Hi Scott, For your information I have a case that you might find interesting: Zabbix did not meet release criteria and was removed from testing just before release of Wheezy. Ever since yours truly was maintaining it in wheezy-backports. Why wouldn't we seek backports manager(s)' permission to

Bug#718272: [Pkg-bitcoin-devel] Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2013-12-15 Thread Scott Howard
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 12:39 AM, Luke-Jr l...@dashjr.org wrote: I agree with Scott's assessment, although I would note that Debian *does* have a suite that addresses the needs of Bitcoin: stable-updates. Mandatory protocol rule changes would seem to fall within the broken by the flow of time

Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2013-12-13 Thread Scott Howard
Below is my opinion, and is open for debate: Although there are mechanisms for supporting security updates in stable debian releases, and luke-jr's work of porting fixes is great and exactly what is needed, updates to network protocols would not classify as a security update and would only be

Bug#718272: Bitcoin still not ready for stable release in Debian

2013-12-13 Thread Luke-Jr
I agree with Scott's assessment, although I would note that Debian *does* have a suite that addresses the needs of Bitcoin: stable-updates. Mandatory protocol rule changes would seem to fall within the broken by the flow of time category. Thoughts? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to