https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020292 Warren Togami <wtogami@xxxxxxxxx> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |wtogami@xxxxxxxxx --- Comment #3 from Warren Togami <wtogami@xxxxxxxxx> --- Upstream developers including gmaxwell, jgarzik and myself expressed an interest in being involved with this review. Please DO NOT APPROVE without upstream cooperation. Bitcoin is very strange software where distributions can create systemic risk if inappropriately modified nodes exist in large numbers due to the danger of altering the norms of global consensus. http://bitcoinmagazine.com/5858/linux-distribution-packaging-and-bitcoin/ ""For this reason, it is vital that as much of the network as possible uses unmodified implementations that have been carefully audited and tested, including dependencies. For instance, if the included copy of LevelDB in bitcoind is replaced by a system-wide shared library, any change to that shared library requires auditing and testing, a requirement generally not met by standard distributor packaging practices." <Luke-Jr> packagers can use system leveldb, but doing so safely *needs* appropriate care <Luke-Jr> most distros aren't willing to give that care <Luke-Jr> in particular, they need to lock leveldb to known-good versions (not even doing bugfixes), and disable snappy support Bitcoin's leveldb is a fork or a separately built and maintained instance of leveldb. I suggested that they rename this separate leveldb to make it clear that it is Bitcoin-specific. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ package-review mailing list package-review@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/package-review