Armory - Discussion Thread

[Ente]

Nice indeed!
Great to see the armory team grow!

Ente

[Carlton Banks]

You're doing a great job, guys. All the usability improvements I was expecting are included, plus a few extra.

[etotheipi]

Here's a first shot at cross-compiling for RPi.  I didn't get all the packages bundled yet, but maybe if you've already had it working before (and thus already have the dependencies), you could try this out for me.

I have a few other things to do before I head out tomorrow, so I don't have time to setup my RPi.  Otherwise I'll do it when I get back:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/raspberrypi_armory_0.90.99-testing.tar.gz

EDIT: Here's the package list:

libqtcore4 libqt4-dev python-qt4 python-twisted libconfig-file-perl libqt4-designer libqt4-scripttools libqt4-help libqt4-test libqtassistantclient4 libqtwebkit4 libqt4-declarative libqt4-script libqt4-xmlpatterns libqt4-dev-bin libqt4-qt3support libqt4-sql qt4-linguist-tools qt4-qmake python-psutil python-pyasn1 python-sip python-crypto python-openssl python-twisted-conch python-twisted-lore python-twisted-mail python-twisted-news python-twisted-runner python-twisted-words python-twisted-core python-twisted-web python-twisted-names python-twisted-bin python-zope.interface python-pkg-resources

EDIT²: I just realized that the above tar.gz is the make-install'd version.  I just tried to merge it into the way it would be right after you compiled it (no make install):

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/armory_0.90.99-testing_rpibuild.tar.gz

(obviously, I need to improve this proces...)

[etotheipi]

The new OSX build script works like magic!  If you are on Mac, you can try it out yourself -- I think you only need to install XCode and the command-line utilities...?    Then cd into the osxbuild directory and execute "python build-app.py".  

But you don't have to... here's a test build from my 10.9 system:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/armory_0.90.99-testing.osx.app.tar.gz

I meant to boot my 10.8 VM and build it there, as it's proved to be more compatible in the past, but I'm running out of time, and this will be a good test.  Please try it out!

[etotheipi]

Still getting an app crash when preparing databases.

(1) The "Help"->"Rebuild & Rescan Databases" option now works, even with thoroughly corrupt databases.  Try that.

(2) There's a bit more useful data in the log file.  If rebuilding doesn't work, can you send us the log "File"->"Export Log File" or just look in armorycpplog.txt for some error messages near the end?

[bitpop]

Does the new version have a new database? If so, how to upgrade? Safe to just delete?

Can you publish change logs on the site? Also wallet file change log. And whether and how to upgrade. Also db upgrades.

[etotheipi]

Does the new version have a new database? If so, how to upgrade? Safe to just delete?

Can you publish change logs on the site? Also wallet file change log. And whether and how to upgrade. Also db upgrades.

In this case, nothing has changed.  No need to rebuild unless your DB is broken.  Wallets are the same.  Etc.

However, I did slack on putting up the change logs for 0.90-beta, but I'll make sure they are there for 0.91.  For now, sine this is a testing version, you can just note the notes in my original post, maybe 8 above this one.

[drrussellshane]

I am not seeing a link for the latest version on the Armory website....

Can someone who has access post them here?

[bitpop]

Don't forget, Windows needs it's icon back

[CryptKeeper]

Don't forget, Windows needs it's icon back

And I thought, I am the only one who is missing that... 

[etotheipi]

Don't forget, Windows needs it's icon back

And I thought, I am the only one who is missing that...  

Funny story about that:  we tried 2 or 3 different things to get the icons to work.  Py2exe, resource hacker, and I think one other.  All of them had problems creating the icons and we spent a stupid amount of time trying to get it to work.  We had finally decided we were just going to pay for a utility to do it -- so we got the trial version to make sure it works -- then we forgot to pay for it and the 30-day trial period ran out!  Whoops -- this is why they didn't have icons, because we were getting an error on icon registration and didn't notice.

Again, goatpig (our resident Windows expert) found a solution (without paying for anything), and it should be fixed in the next version

[bitpop]

Don't forget, Windows needs it's icon back

And I thought, I am the only one who is missing that... 

Haha I did too, I even reinstalled. But then my new offline computer did the same and i stopped blaming myself.

[bitpop]

Don't forget, Windows needs it's icon back

And I thought, I am the only one who is missing that...  

Funny story about that:  we tried 2 or 3 different things to get the icons to work.  Py2exe, resource hacker, and I think one other.  All of them had problems create the icons.  We had finally decided we were just going to pay for a utility to do it -- so we got the trial version to make sure it works -- then we forgot to pay for it and the 30-day trial period ran out!  Whoops -- this is why they didn't have icons, because we were getting an error on icon registration and didn't notice.

Again, goatpig (our resident Windows expert) found a solution (without paying for anything), and it should be fixed in the next version

Ahh yeah ive used resource explorer before

Some how I kept using this one free or maybe it used to be free http://www.heaventools.com/resource-tuner.htm

[etotheipi]

Windows!  I couldn't get the installer working correctly (it needs some tweaking), but that's fine because you don't want to install this anyway.  This is just a standalone bundle which you can unzip anywhere and double-click the ArmoryQt.exe inside it

Theoretically it should work with XP, and with unicode/non-English pathnames.  But I am in a rush to get this out before I leave, and I will have to do all the appropriate tweaks when I get back next week (if it doesn't work).  Please post any complaints and goatpig will have it all sorted out for me when I get back

Windows 0.90.99-testing:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/Armory_Standlone_0.90-99.0-testing.zip

Also, just so you can get everything from one post:  

OSX 0.90.99-testing (built please try on multiple OSX versions and let me know):
https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/armory_0.90.99-testing.osx.app.tar.gz

RPi Binaries 0.90.99-testing (not the offline bundle):
https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/armory_0.90.99-testing_rpibuild.tar.gz

I think I figured out the dependencies issues for RPi:  please try on a fresh RPi running Raspbian offline.  Install the following dependencies, then attempt to run the build above:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/rpi_dependencies_maybe.tar.gz


Seriously: sorry for being rushed and not being able to test this stuff more before pushing it out.  But I desperately need to get eyes on this release before I go on vacation so I've got a nice queue of things (and complaints) to address when I get back.  

Thanks for being patient, and I hope there's some positive comments about these testing versions to along with the complaints

NOTE: A list of things in this new testing version is posted about 10 posts up

 

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[doug_armory]

Hey everyone. My name's Doug. I work for Armory. (Whoda thunk it, right?) I'm the guy who (hopefully) whipped the OS X build into shape. Please let us know if you have any problems. I think I caught all the little gotchas that had made the code unusable.

There is one small issue some of you may run into. If you compile the code on 10.9 and try to run it on a pre-10.9 system, it probably won't work. I have an idea for a workaround. If it works, cool. If not, I'll keep it in mind as I move forward.

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you all moving forward!

[Ente]

Hey everyone. My name's Doug. I work for Armory. (Whoda thunk it, right?) I'm the guy who (hopefully) whipped the OS X build into shape. Please let us know if you have any problems. I think I caught all the little gotchas that had made the code unusable.

There is one small issue some of you may run into. If you compile the code on 10.9 and try to run it on a pre-10.9 system, it probably won't work. I have an idea for a workaround. If it works, cool. If not, I'll keep it in mind as I move forward.

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you all moving forward!

A very warm welcome here! You are part of a wonderful team!
I'm not an apple guy myself, but this way more ressources are free for general and linux development :-P

Ente

[bitpop]

Guys be careful to only download from their s3 bucket

[doug_armory]

Hey everyone. My name's Doug. I work for Armory. (Whoda thunk it, right?) I'm the guy who (hopefully) whipped the OS X build into shape. Please let us know if you have any problems. I think I caught all the little gotchas that had made the code unusable.

There is one small issue some of you may run into. If you compile the code on 10.9 and try to run it on a pre-10.9 system, it probably won't work. I have an idea for a workaround. If it works, cool. If not, I'll keep it in mind as I move forward.

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you all moving forward!

A very warm welcome here! You are part of a wonderful team!
I'm not an apple guy myself, but this way more ressources are free for general and linux development :-P

Ente

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! I've been lurking a fair amount but do intend to be more active in the community. As is, I'll be wearing a fair number of caps at Armory, but I certainly intend to make sure the OS X is always up to snuff. As I become more comfortable with the setup, I'll look into ways to improve the build process and, hopefully, shrink the binary.

Speaking of the OS X build, credit where credit is due. Picobit, a member here, provided a lot of infrastructure that helped us get the build off the ground. Some tweaking was needed but the basics were in place. Many thanks to Picobit.

[bitpop]

Guys be careful to only download from their s3 bucket

Signing the releases (as they usually are) would be better.

Yes there's too many new faces around and training users to blindly click links is bad.

[etotheipi]

I just uploaded a new Windows standalone bundle.  Apparently I missed a couple things needed for XP support.  

Previous posts about this:

Feature list for new 0.90.99-testing version
Bundles for WinXP, OSX, RPi

I have added the hashes of these downloads to the first post as well.  It's signed with my non-offline key (the key I use for email; 0xFB596985).  You can grab it from any keyserver and it is signed by my offline key, along with the GPG keys of all employees

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