For February 2019

[ripcurlx]

Summary

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• BSQ requested:16180
• BSQ address: B1Dj1kAGDs4AGh83cPFJBQC7pDubtuZV2ZS

Contributions delivered

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Reviews of PRs
I monitor PR reviews separately from the responsibilities of the Bisq Desktop Maintainer role.

Reviewed PRs:

• Update BitcoinJ checkpoint files bisq#2436
• Remove not traded assets bisq#2434
• Dao deactivate localhost for dao testnet bisq#2455
• Update strings bisq#2456
• Add more instructions at dispute system message bisq#2428
• Fix issues with rpm build bisq#2453
• Download rpm package on RedHat-based Linux bisq#2431
• Add info popup for BEAM accounts. Improve GRIN info popup text. bisq#2423
• Remove email for Revolut accounts bisq#2426
• Fix incorrect progress listener for spv file resync bisq#2424
• Use NonMMappedSPVBlockStore on windows. bisq#2403
• Increase trade limit. Make trade limit a DAO parameter bisq#2413
• Add scripts to autosetup dao on regtest bisq#2405
• Extend initialization message to improve readability during app startup bisq#2417
• Refactor: Add handler, make onMissedSecondTick default bisq#2376
• Dao fix majorityvote issue bisq#2371
• Fix missing removal of old or invalid proposals bisq#2377
• Add null check bisq#2412
• Update view on activation with block at current chain height bisq#2409
• Add indication that BSQ transactions are not up to date bisq#2388
• Show BSQ trading fee more explicitly when funding your offer bisq#2379
• Wait until proposal is published before resetting the form bisq#2384
• Be able to upgrade bitcoinj without upgrading libdohj bisq#2198
• Code clean up bisq#2137
• Remove libdohj dependency bisq#2368
• List LitecoinZ (LTZ) bisq#2221
• List Augmint Euro (AEUR) bisq#2345
• Show info if not in proposal phase bisq#2372
• Monitor release: Showing off bisq#2348

BSQ amount requested: 2900

I was working mainly on v0.9.4 this month and following PRs were merged and released. Testing and release efforts are part of the Desktop Maintainer role.

PRs released in v0.9.4

• Clear and re-assign series to fix rendering issues. bisq#2237
• Fix ignored tests bisq#2246
• Update installer background image bisq#2265
• Add configuration for probot-stale bisq#2280
• Exclude issues with specific labels to be excluded from becoming stale bisq#2283
• Improve handling of removed assets bisq#2306
• Fix trade currency handling for multiple currency payment accounts bisq#2310
• Not disable the payment account selection in take offer screen bisq#2315
• Not show warning popup for imported payment accounts bisq#2316
• Improve resizing of buy and sell tables bisq#2317
• Remove filter for offerbook teaser tables bisq#2318
• DAO:Use highlight color without link behavior bisq#2370
• Show info if not in proposal phase bisq#2372
• Show BSQ trading fee more explicitly when funding your offer bisq#2379
• Wait until proposal is published before resetting the form bisq#2384
• Show warning for bonded role if user has insufficient funds bisq#2386
• Add indication that BSQ transactions are not up to date bisq#2388
• Add application launchers for UI test files bisq#2389
• Show DAO news badge bisq#2394
• List multiple stable coins bisq#2395
• Update view on activation with block at current chain height bisq#2409
• Add utm parameters to bisq.network links bisq#2410
• Add DAO synchronization handling for Mainnet bisq#2411
• Extend initialization message to improve readability during app startup bisq#2417
• Improve governance layout bisq#2419
• Adapt DAO news view for Mainnet bisq#2421
• Improve payout layout for arbitration bisq#2435
• Add scripts to automate version number changes bisq#2440
• [WIP] Add initial version of release process bisq#2442
• Change from Testnet to DAO Testnet setting bisq#2451
• Fix issues with rpm build bisq#2453

BSQ amount requested: 6000

Besides my work on the bisq repository I started to do some improvements on the website this month as well. As I'm going to watch the Google search console status of https://bisq.network more closely from now on, I'll continue to improve our page speed and the SEO optimization step by step for our DAO release on Mainnet.

PRs merged into website

• Use full url as canonical bisq-website#127
• Load JS async to speed up page loading times bisq-website#128
• Optimize image size bisq-website#129
• Use SASS pipeline to compress and merge css files bisq-website#130
• Inline Google webfonts to improve page speed bisq-website#134

BSQ amount requested: 600

Contributions in progress

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I'm working on v0.9.5 which should be released some time in March.

Roles performed

Provide links to your monthly report on any roles you are responsible for.

To make it more transparent and give people an idea how much effort which role means, I'll try to split up the overall number for each role.

• Bisq Desktop Maintainer: Bisq Maintainer roles#63 (comment) (4800 BSQ)
• Growth: Growth Maintainer roles#42 (comment) (600 BSQ)
• Analytics: Analytics Maintainer roles#40 (comment) (600 BSQ)
• Bitcoin Fullnode Operator: Bitcoin Node Operator roles#67 (comment) (50 BSQ)
• Transifex Admin: Transifex Admin roles#20 (comment) (25 BSQ)
• Compensation Maintainer: Compensation Maintainer roles#31 (comment) (580 BSQ)
• Bisq Design Maintainer: Bisq Design Maintainer roles#75 (comment) (25 BSQ)

BSQ amount requested for all these roles (see detailed amount for each role): 6680

The following are roles where I play a secondary role, and do not (necessarily) do monthly reports:

• YouTube Admin: YouTube Admin roles#56
• Bisq Events Maintainer: Events Maintainer roles#65

Notes to self

My PR reviews this month were created by reviewing the results of this GitHub Issues search query:
is:pr reviewed-by:ripcurlx updated:2019-02-01..2019-02-28 sort:updated-desc

[KanoczTomas]

@ripcurlx could you please add the year as well to the issue? It will make the header unique.

[ripcurlx]

@ripcurlx could you please add the year as well to the issue? It will make the header unique.

Sure - Yes, time flies 😄

[ripcurlx]

Closing as complete, see #222 (comment).