Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Mark Friedenbach
Not when failure is defined as, e.g., extra text pushing a UI element down such that the button the user needs to click is no longer visible. You don't test that except by having a human being run through some example workflows, which is presumably happening during the release process. On 06/13/20

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Wladimir
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Un Ix wrote: > How about a prize for anyone who can spot any "malicious" strings within next > hour? > > ;-) Hah, if there was to be a prize I'd rather have people looking out for icebergs than for wrongly arranged deck chairs :-) Wladimir -

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Wladimir
On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Un Ix wrote: > Was joking, but isn't the translation process back-ended with runtime tests > to ensure that any stray chars etc cause the application to fail? There is some postprocessing done in the script that fetches translation files (see https://github.com/b

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Un Ix
Was joking, but isn't the translation process back-ended with runtime tests to ensure that any stray chars etc cause the application to fail? > On 14/06/2014, at 1:49 pm, "Matt Whitlock" wrote: > >> On Saturday, 14 June 2014, at 1:42 pm, Un Ix wrote: >> How about a prize for anyone who can spot

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Matt Whitlock
On Saturday, 14 June 2014, at 1:42 pm, Un Ix wrote: > How about a prize for anyone who can spot any "malicious" strings within next > hour? I think it's more an issue of accidental breakage than any maliciousness. One character in the wrong place in a language bundle somewhere can make the diff

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Un Ix
How about a prize for anyone who can spot any "malicious" strings within next hour? ;-) > On 14/06/2014, at 1:32 pm, "Wladimir" wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> As a general principle, I agree. Other projects have translation >> freeze points to address thi

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Wladimir
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Jeff Garzik wrote: > As a general principle, I agree. Other projects have translation > freeze points to address this. Although it is a small holistic risk, > in theory, someone could maliciously change strings at the last minute > in a language maintainers don'

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Jeff Garzik
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 3:24 PM, xor wrote: > On Friday, June 13, 2014 12:18:37 PM Wladimir wrote: >> If I do not hear anything, I will do a >> last-minute language import > > High risk projects as Bitcoin should NOT see ANY changes between release > candidates and releases. > > You can cause seve

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Matt Whitlock
On Friday, 13 June 2014, at 9:24 pm, xor wrote: > On Friday, June 13, 2014 12:18:37 PM Wladimir wrote: > > If I do not hear anything, I will do a > > last-minute language import > > High risk projects as Bitcoin should NOT see ANY changes between release > candidates and releases. > > You can cau

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread xor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Friday, June 13, 2014 12:18:37 PM Wladimir wrote: > If I do not hear anything, I will do a > last-minute language import High risk projects as Bitcoin should NOT see ANY changes between release candidates and releases. You can cause severe havo

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Pavel Janík
On Jun 13, 2014, at 1:58 PM, Wladimir wrote: > It cannot, it is just data. The (new) data can break user interface (at least). -- Pavel Janík -- HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Soluti

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Wladimir
It cannot, it is just data. Wladimir -- HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dir

Re: [Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Pavel Janík
Wladimir, On Jun 13, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Wladimir wrote: > If I do not hear anything, I will do a last-minute language import this import can actually break things. I'd avoid it. -- Pavel Janík -- HPCC Systems Open S

[Bitcoin-development] Going to tag 0.9.2 final

2014-06-13 Thread Wladimir
Hello, I haven't heard of any new issues with either Bitcoin Core 0.9.2rc1 or 0.9.2rc2. This means that it is time to tag 0.9.2 final. If you have a critical issue that you haven't reported yet please let me know as soon as possible. If I do not hear anything, I will do a last-minute language imp