Nils Schneider [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: 📅 Original date posted:2011-10-18 🗒️ Summary of this message: Proposal to use ...
📅 Original date posted:2011-10-18
🗒️ Summary of this message: Proposal to use GitHub's Wiki feature for Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) and appoint Amir as BIP editor. Discussions to be held on bitcoin-dev mailing list.
📝 Original message:> • 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.
> • If he's willing, I propose that Amir take the role of BIP editor.
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.
ack
🗒️ Summary of this message: Proposal to use GitHub's Wiki feature for Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) and appoint Amir as BIP editor. Discussions to be held on bitcoin-dev mailing list.
📝 Original message:> • 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.
> • If he's willing, I propose that Amir take the role of BIP editor.
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.
ack