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Prepare database format for multi-stage block processing This commit adds a status field and a transaction counter to the block indexes.
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2 Bitcoin integration/staging tree
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4 Development process
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7 Developers work in their own trees, then submit pull requests when
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8 they think their feature or bug fix is ready.
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10 If it is a simple/trivial/non-controversial change, then one of the
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11 bitcoin development team members simply pulls it.
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13 If it is a more complicated or potentially controversial
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14 change, then the patch submitter will be asked to start a
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15 discussion (if they haven't already) on the mailing list:
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16 http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=bitcoin-development
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18 The patch will be accepted if there is broad consensus that it is a
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19 good thing. Developers should expect to rework and resubmit patches
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20 if they don't match the project's coding conventions (see coding.txt)
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23 The master branch is regularly built and tested, but is not guaranteed
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24 to be completely stable. Tags are regularly created to indicate new
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25 official, stable release versions of Bitcoin. If you would like to
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26 help test the Bitcoin core, please contact QA@BitcoinTesting.org.
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28 Feature branches are created when there are major new features being
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32 the pull is no longer automatically mergeable; a comment on the pull will
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35 in this manner will have their corresponding issue labeled 'stagnant'.
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37 Issues with no commits will be given a similar warning, and closed after
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38 15 days from their last activity. Issues closed in this manner will be
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39 labeled 'stale'.
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41 Requests to reopen closed pull requests and/or issues can be submitted to
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42 QA@BitcoinTesting.org.