Quote from: nelisky on May 17, 2013, 02:13:04 PM

Quote from: twobits on May 17, 2013, 01:28:16 PM

I have no idea is nelisky is trolling, but I know for sure zamgo is for whatever reason.

I know he knows where the heck to find the sources. ( https://github.com/namecoin/namecoin )

The mac build is just an update to the one already featured on http://dot-bit.org/ , and the windows build is similar as what I used to do. Just in this case someone at least updated it already.

That's new, being hinted as a troll. Look, I'm sure you mean well and everyone will know that you just meant you compiled the latest from namecoin git but that's not what I read on your post, I read it as "I altered the code, improved it somehow, here's a shiny binary and no reference to the source code".

Ah, well I checked what I wrote, and I put updated mac port. Guess maybe I should have just put build. I figured people would know what I meant by port, especially since my old port/build is still featured on the official site. A port typically does not have improvements, and minimal code alterations only as needed to get it to build.

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Now that you explained I know that was not the case, you didn't change anything, just compiled. Fine, but a set of instructions on how to build it would be much better received.

https://github.com/namecoin/namecoin/tree/master/doc has the build instructions already though.

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I can quickly cook a namecoin version for windows/mac with a small easter egg added and you have no way of verifying, and you know the type of easter eggs that are common around here, right?

Be cool, and stay safe. Distributing binaries is a major no-no in most cases, and advocating it even if your intentions and code are the best will teach users to trust binaries referenced from threads, and that usually ends in "help, my wallet has been stolen and I don't know why" kind of posts.

Seems some people want binaries. Only way to offer them is to distribute them that I know of. I was for awhile known as the person who supplied the builds for windows and mac put on dot-bit.org. Personal life kept me distracted with other things for most of 2012, and I noticed that while someone had updated the widows builds, no one ever did it for the Mac. As I did back in 2011, I also build the gui version as they can be useful to some people as well. I used to use Multicoin as the gui for awhile, but that is too far out of date now.

I do get your point, and that is why I avoid binaries myself, or usually run them sandboxed in a VM for awhile. I am just not sure what the alternative is for people that don't want to build it themselves. People that want binaries are going to have to pick who they trust I guess. If you have a better idea, I would like to know of it, so I can use it myself.