2018-10-02 Meeting notes: release planning and test net updates

https://rchain.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DOC/pages/44007462/Github+Fork-n-Beans+Workflow

See process illustrated on https://rchain.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DOC/pages/44007462/Github+Fork-n-Beans+Workflow

Timeline for RNode 0.7 release

• Fri. 10/5 - feature complete on dev. Medha Parlikar (Unlicensed) to confirm

• Mon., 10/8 - Tom Vasile to create RNode v0.7 release branch

• Tues., 10/9 - Tom Vasile test release branch against test plan that Medha Parlikar (Unlicensed) will have added to the RNode v0.7 release plan

• Wed., 10/10 - Medha Parlikar (Unlicensed) demo for RNode v0.7 during community debrief

• Thurs., 10/11 - Tom Vasile merge release branch to master and tag release “RNode 0.7.1”

• Mon., 10/15 - Kelly Foster push release announcement to relevant channels

No requirement to preserve the network during upgrade

No requirement to preserve the state

Process

• Genesis ceremony to launch test net

  • Ceremony takes place Mon., 10/15

  • REQUIRES Berlin test net validator participation

  • REQUIRES documentation for this genesis ceremony. Need by EOD 10/11

    • Plan to do asynchronously over a period of time, 24 hours?

    • Set reasonable signature requirement threshold

    • SRE take down test net bootstrap by EOD 10/12

      • Wipe it

      • Upgrade to RNode v0.7

      • Keep it down until we’re ready to start the genesis ceremony on Oct. 15

    • Validators to prepare

      • Shut down node and clean by Oct. 14

      • Upgrade software by Oct. 14

      • Prepare to participate in the RNode 0.7 genesis ceremony on Oct. 15

    • GOAL is test net launched by Oct. 16 in time for RChain community test session

      • Plan for the test session to go through the RNode v0.7 test plan

• New validators can bond using the faucet

  • REQUIRES documentation for using the faucet

  • REQUIRES deployment of the faucet after genesis