user4264: Deterministic wallets enable reliable backups but the mainline client doesn't use them.  I was told that bitcoind and Bitcoin-QT are planning on switching to deterministic wallets by default, is this correct?  Any idea of when?

user25088: It seems very likely, however it also seems to be a fairly long-term goal with no ETA as of yet: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/5761

4264: <p>Deterministic wallets enable reliable backups but the mainline client doesn't use them.  I was told that bitcoind and Bitcoin-QT are planning on switching to deterministic wallets by default, is this correct?  Any idea of when?</p>
 25088: <p>It seems very likely, however it also seems to be a fairly long-term goal with no ETA as of yet: <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/5761" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/5761</a></p>
