package bitcoind retitle 629443 Bug#629443: please start daemon automatically by default severity 629443 normal thanks
On 11-06-06 at 07:30pm, richard wrote: > 1. The package summary should clarify that only bitcoind is included > and that the user must make separate provision if the bitcoin GUI > client is desired. Next packaging release will include in its long description an explicit note that bitcoind provides daemon + command-line interface. I find it inappropriate for the Debian package to document installation of non-Debian software. > 2. If it is intended that Debian will provide bitcoind and bitcoin > (the GUI) as a single package then suitable guidance should be given. > If it is, for example, presently recommended to uninstall the Debian > package and to self-compile bitcoind and bitcoin from sources to > operate the GUI, some guidance should be given. I find it unsafe, and therefore inappropriate to suggest, use of upstream precompiled code or local custom recompilation of code. > 3. The manual pages for bitcoind and bitcoin.conf are useful and > complete. They provide guidance on running the bitcoin daemon via a > terminal and commandline. Thanks for the heads up :-) > Some recommendations on howto startup and shutdown the daemon would > upgrade this part of the package in line with the features normally > provided by Debian via init.d. Acknowledged! This is only part of the bugreport not yet addressed - bugreport adjusted accordingly. > 4. A (brief) discussion on the security of the bitcoind binary and > package vs compiling from source would enhance the package. > As far as I can tell, while it is desirable from a security point of > view for the user to compile at least the GUI (bitcoin) himself, this > is presently beyond the ability of the novice Debian user. I disagree: It is outside the scope of this package to elaborate on risks in implementing same (or better) using different approach than official Debian packaging. ...and for posterity, I also disagree with your statement above: It might be desirable from a UX (user experience) POV, but I see no security improvement in novice users fumbling with compilation of code! > 5. In the /doc/bitcoind/README file the Setup instructions recommend > that four binary files be run. This seems unnecessary, as the package > provides a binary - /usr/bin/bitcoind. README is upstream notes. README.Debian is Debian-specific notes. Thanks to your comments here, I now realize that upstream README contains nothing helpful in a Debian context, and next packaging release will skip installing the README to avoid confusion. Thanks a lot for your input! - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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