On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 7:04 PM, grarpamp <grarp...@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 backports. > 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— it would bring more attention to your real services, it would 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
