Re: A replacement Alert System should be considered to promote updates as necessary

Quote from: achow101 on September 14, 2017, 03:43:15 PM

The alert text can have whatever the alert author wants in it, so he could have written a long statement telling users something that wasn't "go check where you downloaded this application for more info" but rather "Emergency, you must download software from this site NOW".

I was talking about a "replacement", a new alert system if you will that sends alerts with codes not texts. A set of predefined codes can be set, each meaning something different. I don't know, something like Code_1 = Hard Fork is going on, or Code_2 = A critical Bug were found Check trusted sources for more info.

Quote from: achow101 on September 14, 2017, 03:43:15 PM

Quote from: Coding Enthusiast on September 14, 2017, 01:52:02 PM

@laanwj is the only person merging PRs....(or possibly others)

No he isn't. Stop spreading that FUD. Jonasschnelli, MarcoFalke, and sipa have commit access as well and frequently merge PRs.

I just said that name because that was the one off the top of my mind. Not sure where the FUD comes in! Tongue

My point is if you think X & Y & Z having alert keys of possibly a modified/improved alert system like what i said above (which in practice alerts people using their code of critical issues in their code) makes it centralized, then you should also think X & Y & Z having commit access to bitcoin core GitHub repo also makes it centralized!