104: Release candidate 1️⃣
Jun 22-28 2020
tl;dr
release candidate of grin4 is out
planning for grin5 is kicking off
pro-bono audit underway
funding for yeastplume, antioch, lehnberg to be decided in meeting tomorrow
Dev
There are 82 open issues in /grin, and 37 open issues in /grin-wallet.
Merged PRs: 4 in /grin | 5 in /grin-wallet | 4 unique contributors
Grin v4.0.0 Network Upgrade (HF3) is expected around July 15, 2020.
Release Candidate 1 out since a few days, only bug fixes at this point
Some early sketches on v5.0.0 prioritization in this planning issue.
There’s an anonymous pro-bono audit underway ahead of 4.0.0 release.
@yeastplume weekly update.
The last dev meeting reviewed 4.0.0 status and discussed v5.0.0 prioritization.
@quentinlesceller has kicked off a rework of grin’s documentation, help out in #dev channel on keybase.
Some soul-searching underway, revisiting past approaches on:
Fee structure (via @tromp)
Kernel uniqueness (via @antiochp)
The next bi-weekly developer meeting is scheduled for Tue Jul 07 @ 15:00 UTC in grincoin#dev on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda.
Governance
The following funding requests will be decided on in tomorrow’s governance meeting (those interested should participate):
The next bi-weekly governance meeting is scheduled for Tue Jun 30 @ 15:00 UTC in grincoin#general on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda.
RFCs
Draft
Parallel IBD [node-dev]
Open
QA Team [core]
Deprecate HTTP(S) Transactions [wallet-dev]
Final Comment Period
Slatepack [wallet-dev] - disposition to be merged on Jun 30.
Accepted
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Closed
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“Puppy Grin” Artwork in this edition is by @LovelyGrin.
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