[Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Gavin Andresen]

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0.8.6 release candidate 1 is available from:
  https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.6/test/

Please help sanity-test, especially if you are running OSX or Windows.

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Warren Togami Jr.]

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I found a tiny error in 0.8.6rc1.  The leveldb subtree merge was done
incorrectly leaving an errant db/ directory in the base of bitcoin instead
of src/leveldb.  See my earlier mail on 0.8.6 for suggested subtree squash
and merge syntax.  (On plane now...)

Warren
On Dec 5, 2013 10:53 PM, "Gavin Andresen" <gavinandresen@gmail.com> wrote:

> 0.8.6 release candidate 1 is available from:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.6/test/
>
> Please help sanity-test, especially if you are running OSX or Windows.
>
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Gavin Andresen]

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On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Warren Togami Jr. <wtogami@gmail.com> wrote:

> I found a tiny error in 0.8.6rc1.  The leveldb subtree merge was done
> incorrectly leaving an errant db/ directory in the base of bitcoin instead
> of src/leveldb.
>

I see:
  db/autocompact_test.cc

... which I assume is a leveldb unit test file that should be in
src/leveldb/db/

Not a showstopper bug.

Given we've had hundreds of downloads and no reports of insanity, I think
we should tag v0.8.6 today (same commit as v0.8.6rc1) and ship it.

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Warren Togami Jr.]

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Our testing of the macos leveldb parts for the past 6 days has had zero
complaints of new corruption from OMG and LTC users.  I agree it is time to
release 0.8.6.


On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Warren Togami Jr. <wtogami@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I found a tiny error in 0.8.6rc1.  The leveldb subtree merge was done
>> incorrectly leaving an errant db/ directory in the base of bitcoin instead
>> of src/leveldb.
>>
>
> I see:
>   db/autocompact_test.cc
>
> ... which I assume is a leveldb unit test file that should be in
> src/leveldb/db/
>
> Not a showstopper bug.
>
> Given we've had hundreds of downloads and no reports of insanity, I think
> we should tag v0.8.6 today (same commit as v0.8.6rc1) and ship it.
>
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>
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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Drak]

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Someone needs to update the bitcoin.org website, it still points downloads
to 0.8.5

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Roy Badami]

On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 01:39:51PM +0000, Drak wrote:
> Someone needs to update the bitcoin.org website, it still points downloads
> to 0.8.5

Perhaps because 0.8.6 hasn't been released yet?  Or did I miss the
announcement?  I think it makes sense that release candidates are not
promoted on bitcoin.org.

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Drak]

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On 9 December 2013 13:52, Roy Badami <roy@gnomon.org.uk> wrote:
>
>  On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 01:39:51PM +0000, Drak wrote:
> > Someone needs to update the bitcoin.org website, it still points
> downloads
> > to 0.8.5
>
> Perhaps because 0.8.6 hasn't been released yet?  Or did I miss the
> announcement?  I think it makes sense that release candidates are not
> promoted on bitcoin.org.


It was released and it's all over bitcointalk/reddit

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Drak <drak@zikula.org> wrote:
> It was released and it's all over bitcointalk/reddit

It has not been released. It's queued for announcement. We were
waiting for another independant gitian build before sending out the
announcement.

Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Drak]

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On 9 December 2013 15:07, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Drak <drak@zikula.org> wrote:
> > It was released and it's all over bitcointalk/reddit
>
> It has not been released. It's queued for announcement. We were
> waiting for another independant gitian build before sending out the
> announcement.
>

Why would it be made available for download at sourceforge.net if it's not
actually released? The files are available here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.6/ and
people watch the sf rss feeds etc...
Seems to me like there needs to be a better release workflow. As far as the
world is concerned, they are downloading the 0.8.6 and there is a lot of
community buzz about it already.
IMO, to avoid that, no files should be placed online unless they are the
official release.

Drak

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Drak <drak@zikula.org> wrote:
> Why would it be made available for download at sourceforge.net if it's not
> actually released? The files are available here:

Because it takes time to put the files up, propagate to mirrors, check
by multiple people that the downloads work an the signatures pass.

Every release comes with a release announcement, you'll know its out
when you see the release announcement.

The alternative is that announcements go out and the files are not
correct, or hide the files in the release pipeline and allow less
public participation in the release workflow. I think that would be
unfortunate.

Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Wladimir]

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On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Drak <drak@zikula.org> wrote:

>
> IMO, to avoid that, no files should be placed online unless they are the
> official release.
>

They *are* the official release as soon as they're uploaded. We may wait
for some extra gitian builds to be more confident and make the announcement
on the forums and such, but the downloads themselves don't change anymore.

It really doesn't matter in what order the different places are updated, as
long as the news is propagated everywhere within a reasonable time-span of
say a day. Requiring a certain order would require unnecessary coordination.

Don't make problems where they don't exist, we have enough actual issues.

Wladimir

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Drak]

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On 9 December 2013 15:35, Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Drak <drak@zikula.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> IMO, to avoid that, no files should be placed online unless they are the
>> official release.
>>
>
> They *are* the official release as soon as they're uploaded. We may wait
> for some extra gitian builds to be more confident and make the announcement
> on the forums and such, but the downloads themselves don't change anymore.
>

That is exactly the point and the moment they are publicly available you
cannot stop people talking about it or noticing it, or posting official
looking sticky posts at bitcointalk like this one:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=364353.0. Was that an official
announcement?

Drak

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Wladimir]

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On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Drak <drak@zikula.org> wrote:

> actly the point and the moment they are publicly available you cannot stop
> people talking about it or noticing it, or posting official looking sticky
> posts at bitcointalk like this one:
> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=364353.0. Was that an official
> announcement?
>

Yes, it is.

Wladimir

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Jeff Garzik]

On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Drak <drak@zikula.org> wrote:
> looking sticky posts at bitcointalk like this one:
> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=364353.0. Was that an official
> announcement?

Yes.

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Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Roy Badami]

On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 02:55:02PM +0000, Drak wrote:
> On 9 December 2013 13:52, Roy Badami <roy@gnomon.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >  On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 01:39:51PM +0000, Drak wrote:
> > > Someone needs to update the bitcoin.org website, it still points
> > downloads
> > > to 0.8.5
> >
> > Perhaps because 0.8.6 hasn't been released yet?  Or did I miss the
> > announcement?  I think it makes sense that release candidates are not
> > promoted on bitcoin.org.
> 
> 
> It was released and it's all over bitcointalk/reddit

Oh, I see - so it was.  It wasn't announced here though - is there
some other list I need to be on, too?  It would be nice if
announcements like this were posted to a mailing list as well as
bitcointalk.org (is there a bitcoin-announce list that I missed?  If
not, maybe there should be)

roy

Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.8.6 release candidate 1

[Wladimir]

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On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Roy Badami <roy@gnomon.org.uk> wrote:

> Oh, I see - so it was.  It wasn't announced here though - is there
> some other list I need to be on, too?  It would be nice if
> announcements like this were posted to a mailing list as well as
> bitcointalk.org (is there a bitcoin-announce list that I missed?  If
> not, maybe there should be)
>

Yes could have been announced here too.
We announced the rc1 here but not the final release.
...maybe we should add a list of places to announce to the release process.

Wladimir

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