Use devnet in CI/CD exclusively for develop merges and releases

[ivpavici]

Problem:

• Testnet is very slow ATM
• Regardless, even before, running tests on each merge on the testnet takes around 1.5 - 2 hours
• Running tests on testnet requires adding funds from the faucet on accounts

Proposal:

I would like to propose a change in Starknet.js CI/CD flow and the proposal involves replacing testnet with devnet for merges in develop branch -> that means, for pre-releases that users can get with the npm install starknet@next command

Merges in main branch would stay the same (run on testnet).

Reasoning:

• Faster!
• Devnet should work the same way as testnet (if not, it's a bug and we must fix it anyway)
• Some projects have abandoned the testnet for devent (for example Braavos) and offered devnet in the cloud -> this is an indicator that devnet can be used for this purpose
• Testnet would still be used for an official release

Note:
We can emphasize more clearly that npm install starknet@next is a pre-release, which ran on devnet

[yoga-braavos]

Fully agree that @next can run solely on devnet

[dhruvkelawala]

Then we should also add devnet-RPC tests for pre-release, no? Seems like we will all be moving the RPC asap.

[ivpavici]

Yeah, devnet supports RPC 0.2.1 : 0xSpaceShard/starknet-devnet-deprecated#332

[tabaktoni]

Resolved