EIP validator

An engine which ensures Ethereum Improvement Proposals meet certain requirements.

Getting Started

To install eipv and validate the EIPs repository:

console git clone https://github.com/lightclient/eipv.git cargo install --path=eipv eipv eipv /path/to/EIPS

Requirements

This tracks what eipv can validate.

• [x] Preamble starts with ---
• [x] Preamble ends with ---
• [x] Preamble includes all required fields:
  • eip
  • title
  • description
  • author
  • discussions-to
  • created
  • status
  • type
  • category (iff type == "Standards Track")
• [x] Preamble does not include any unknown fields
• [ ] Preamble fields are properly formed:
  • [x] Each field is of the shape {field}: {value}\n
  • [x] eip is an unsigned integer
  • [x] title is a string whose length is less than 44 characters
  • [x] author is a comma-separated string of author information which has three possible shapes:
    • Name only: John A. Doe
    • Name and email: John A. Doe <john@doe.com>
    • Name and Github username: John A. Doe (@johndoe)
  • [x] discussions-to is a URL where discussions regarding the EIP should be directed
  • [ ] discussions-to does not point to a PR
  • [x] status is one of the following string values:
    • draft
    • last call
    • accepted
    • final
    • abandoned
    • rejected
    • superseded
  • [x] type is one of the following string values:
    • standards track
    • informational
    • meta
  • [x] category is one of the following string values:
    • core
    • networking
    • interface
    • erc
  • [x] review-period-end is a date value
  • [x] created is a date value
  • [x] updated is a comma-separated list of date values
  • [x] requires is a comma-separated list of EIP numbers in ascending order
  • [x] superseded-by is a comma-separated list of EIP numbers in ascending order
  • [x] replaces is a comma-separated list of EIP numbers in ascending order
  • [x] resolution is a URL
• [ ] EIP numbers listed as required exist
• [ ] EIP numbers listed as superseded-by exist and list the current EIP in its replaces field
• [ ] EIP numbers listed as replaces exist and list the current EIP in its superseded-by field
• [ ] The EIP body includes the required sections in the following order:
  • Abstract
  • Motivation
  • Specification
  • Rationale
  • Backwards Compatibility
  • Test Cases
  • Implementations
  • Security Considerations
  • Copyright Waiver
• [ ] The Abstract section is no longer than 200 words
• [ ] The Copyright Waiver section contains only the following string: Copyright and related rights waived via CC0.
• [ ] The EIP body does not include any unclosed brackets or parentheses outside of code snippets
• [ ] File name is of form eip-N.md, where N coresponds to the EIP's assigned number
• [ ] URLs to other EIPs are relative links
• [x] No trailing whitespace in preamble