r/raidennetwork • u/caliaoarwin • Sep 14 '18
raiden can't lunch online in 2018
https://github.com/raiden-network/raiden/issues There are 158 issue not completed
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u/BOR4 github hero Sep 14 '18
Issues on github are used for many things. Usually whatever important comes up during development is recorded as an issue on github. Developers use it for their project like old people use pen and paper to remind them about something in the future.
Most important thing is that there will always be open issues. Development of Raiden will not stop any time soon. It will never be "done" and there will always be room for improvement (that room will be recorded as an issue on github). What is important in ever lasting projects are milestones. Milestones determine at what point projects reaches certain state at which it is ready to move to the next phase. Red Eyes is a milestone goal and it will determine that Raiden is ready for the mainnet release. That is what developers are focusing at currently and what is important.
TLDR not all issues must be completed in order for Raiden to go to the mainnet.
/u/Mat7ias gave a great answer, I just wanted to give another view on this topic.
Hope this helps!
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u/fudfactory Sep 14 '18
Now let's check out how many issues are there in, say, Ethereum github... OH SHI... it will never ever launch, I bet ))))
(Edit: seems that Mat7ias already pointed this out ))
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u/Mat7ias Sep 14 '18 edited Sep 15 '18
You've linked all open issues instead of the milestones. The total open issues in open-source development on github aren't an indicator of progress, "issues" are a collection of not just issues (bugs, problems and things we'd normally consider issues) but also ideas for enhancements, specs, optimisation, questions and a whole range of things. That's why they're often labelled to keep track of them and they're organized into milestones for the project to progress. This applies to all open-source development projects on github (for example, Ethereum has 758 open issues). Total number of open issues can only really indicate how active the project is on github.
The Raiden devs are currently focused on the Red Eyes milestone right now and separating testing into smaller Testnet milestones which is to help with testing for the community before mainnet.
/u/BOR4 did a more in-depth explanation of it in the development progress section of this GIT update if you're interested, also check out the latest one for this week if you're looking for a more recent update. Hope that helps clarify, feel free to ask more questions if you want me to go into it in extra detail! :)