Iteration 1 DEBRIEF

[dominictarr]

Okay!

I'm gonna declare ITERATION 1 COMPLETE.

It's not perfect, but it's amazingly more featureful than when you all funded it.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the first iteration!

@ralphtheninja @NHQ @binarykitchen @substack @bluntworks @gotcha @julianduque @hansent @levity @eugeneware @eins78 @henrock @joates @grncdr @rmetzler

Now, I have something more to ask of you all - have a look at what I've done and give me feedback!

Especially: Run your own feedopensource project see docs

Or maybe set up your own instance: development (not necessary, but just in case you want to)

I have a few things in mind for the next step - but what I need more is a outsider perspective on whats working well, and what needs improvement, and what the biggest pain points are when you try to use feedopensource your self.

[Raynos]

@dominictarr can you demonstrate the iteration status badge ? Maybe place a section on the README of "iterations" with the status badges ?

This uri https://feedopensource.com/iteration/dominictarr/feedopensource/1PTAwipYpP63uNrcxfm5FewxRdZyar6ceu.png#1.2 doesn't do anything for me. Doesn't render an image.

Can you document or talk about how payment is handled, i.e. how do I know which github users paid ? Can I see in the API somewhere a breakdown of that information ?

[Raynos]

@dominictarr how did you fetch feedback on what should be in "iteration 1" before you started iteration 1. I feel like I would want to get suggestions from backers on what should be in "iteration 1" rather then deciding it myself.

[Raynos]

@dominictarr to confirm. Is there a single feedopensource badge ? that changes to "progress" mode once the funding is completed ? Or are there two badges ? one progress bar for funding and one progress for tasks ?

[dominictarr]

ah... I thought I had fixed the github rate limit but I'm still seeing 403s. there is something still wrong.

[dominictarr]

okay - it was two problems combined - one was a missing & wasn't separating two query parameters, and the other one was a config path thing. when I ran the app with systemctl there is no $HOME and so it didn't find the config file with auth, and so github gave it a 403. This all fixed now.

[Raynos]

It would be nice if there were a set of images of the feedopensource badge in multiple stages (created, funding, progress, complete)

[binarykitchen]

@dominictarr Thanks so much! I will try https://github.com/dominictarr/feedopensource/blob/master/docs.md in the next weeks when I have a mad project ready ...

Just a small thing in that docs.md: What is the difference between a bitcoin wallet and a bitcoin address? Once you mention wallet, then in the badge example address.

[eins78]

What is the difference between a bitcoin wallet and a bitcoin address?

An address is an identifier with has a certain spendable amount (bank terms: savings account). A wallet is a collection of between 1 and lots of addresses (bank term: portfolio).

So end users deal with wallets, which can contain several addresses. From the outside view (blockchain) there is no way to know which addresses are together in a wallet; also addresses can be in more than one wallet.

TL;DR: you can open a wallet on blockchain.info/wallet and have as many addresses as you want in it.

Once you mention wallet, then in the badge example address.

So in this context only addresses should be mentioned (not submitting PR because I should not commit from my phone).

[binarykitchen]

@eins78 I see, thanks.

@dominictarr I think this sentence in your docs.md ...

each iteration MUST use a new bitcoin wallet

... is meant to be ...

each iteration MUST use a new bitcoin address

[eins78]

Now that you mentioned it I spotted one more error, fixed in https://github.com/dominictarr/feedopensource/pull/36

I think the best way to further reduce confusion would be a screenshot of a blockchain.info wallet, with a few addresses which are labeled like: "my project - iteration 1", "… iteration 2", "unrelated beer money", etc.

[joates]

(edit 22-Jan-2014 this is now resolved -> commit )

started testing with this issue .. the badge isn't working (edit hyphen in the repo name is a separate issue -> #43 )

• there were some hard-coded https requests to feedopensource.com which i had to change in ./api/iterations.js
• i get this error using the frontend api.
• this doesn't work either node ./api/index.js iteration dominictarr feedopensource 1PTAwipYpP63uNrcxfm5FewxRdZyar6ceu :(

screenshot: (showing output from process and querying the cli api)

indeed there are no iteration(s) reported ?? ( returned empty array ) !!

probably something simple/basic i'm missing.. debugging tips appreciated, thanks

[joates]

(edit 22-Jan-2014 this is now resolved -> commit )

ok, i got it to work.

here is the patch.. (look for change_this)

diff --git a/api/iterations.js b/api/iterations.js
index d680597..d8d69f2 100644
--- a/api/iterations.js
+++ b/api/iterations.js
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ var join    = require('path').join

 var regex   = /^iteration/i  // starts with 'Iteration'

-//var progressbar      = /https?:\/\/feedopensource\.com\/(?:badge|iteration\/\w+\/w+)\/(1[1-km-z]{33})\/(\d+(?:\.\d+))/
 var progressbar      =
-  /https?:\/\/feedopensource\.com\/iteration\/[0-z_]+\/[0-z_]+\/(1[1-km-z]{33}).png#(\d+(?:\.\d+))/
+  /https?:\/\/change_this\.com\/iteration\/[0-z_]+\/[0-z_]+\/(1[1-km-z]{33}).png#(\d+(?:\.\d+))/
 var issueFull        = /https?:\/\/github.com\/([0-z_]+)\/([0-z_]+)\/issues\/(\d+)/
 var issueNum         = /\s#(\d+)\s/
 var issueUserNum     = /\s([0-z_]+)#(\d+)\s/
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports = function (issues, collaborators, user, repo) {
     if(!m) return
     issue.wallet = m[1]
     issue.target = m[2]
-    issue.feedopensource_url = 'https://feedopensource.com/iteration/' + user + '/' + repo + '/' + m[1]
+    issue.feedopensource_url = 'https://change_this.com/iteration/' + user + '/' + repo + '/' + m[1]
     issue.badge_url = issue.feedopensource_url + '.png#' + issue.target

     if(!wallets[issue.wallet]) {

[joates]

also, worth noting to access your wallet on blockchain.info you use a wallet identifier and your password.

The bitcoin wallet's identifier is NOT the same as a bitcoin address !!

i was using the identifier by mistake :(

[joates]

@dominictarr having to dig into the source files to change the domain was a pain point, as you commented in irc chat this would be improved if it was included with the other settings in config.js.

[joates]

I'm gonna declare ITERATION 1 COMPLETE.

@dominictarr >> at what point do we stop bug squashing? and say.. "ok from this point on we are tasking for iteration #2"

since i'm not a certified scrum master i don't really have an opinion, just asking because at some point a decision needs to be made.

just a final thought, it's a learning process (for me especially), i guess the project will evolve at it's own pace, might be useful to document some guidelines as we go along ?

(edit) perhaps there exists an opensource calender app that we can leverage so that a period of downtime between sprints can be scheduled and @dominictarr can have some space to work on other projects and then return to this in 7-10-15 days or whatever.

[dominictarr]

configuration in the source code is not desirable. instead use new Regexp(string1 + string1 + ...)