Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Testing Project

2012-09-25 Thread Wladimir
I think it's a great initiative Steve, On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Matt Corallo wrote: > They both run the same set of scripts, namely those at > https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/test-scripts (its pretty basic right now, > but since it is on github, I was hoping someone would find the > insp

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Testing Project

2012-09-25 Thread Gary Rowe
This is definitely worth doing and I wish you every encouragement. For my part I'm working on a different area of the Bitcoin ecosystem and that is taking up all my time so I can only cheer you on from the sidelines. On 25 September 2012 21:49, Daniel F wrote: > on 09/25/2012 02:32 PM steve sai

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Testing Project

2012-09-25 Thread Daniel F
on 09/25/2012 02:32 PM steve said the following: > Anyone interested in helping out/reviewing processes? even if it is just > some encouragement, it is all greatly appreciated. not enough time in the day for me to seriously help out, but since you asked, here's some encouragement. :) more testing

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Testing Project

2012-09-25 Thread Matt Corallo
Although Jenkins may not be the best system, we already have jenkins and pull-tester (which is a dumb python script I wrote to test all incoming pull requests from github). They both run the same set of scripts, namely those at https://github.com/TheBlueMatt/test-scripts (its pretty basic right

[Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin Testing Project

2012-09-25 Thread steve
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, After the failure to get any real testing done for the 0.7 release (all of which is my fault) I have decided to rejig things. I am heavily into test driven development, and I have a strong background in requirements management, and automation

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Large backlog of transactions building up?

2012-09-25 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Jorge Timón wrote: > On 9/23/12, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> - provides a deterministic lifetime for a TX; if you KNOW a TX will >> disappear 144 blocks (24 hours) after you stop transmitting, then it >> is probably safe to initiate recovery procedures and perhaps revis

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Large backlog of transactions building up?

2012-09-25 Thread Jorge Timón
On 9/23/12, Jeff Garzik wrote: > - provides a deterministic lifetime for a TX; if you KNOW a TX will > disappear 144 blocks (24 hours) after you stop transmitting, then it > is probably safe to initiate recovery procedures and perhaps revise > the transaction > - prevents zombie TXs from littering