Standup Notes 2020 06 04

Participants (alphabetical): Allie, Conor, Erik, John, Kevin, Kushal, Mickael, Ro

Topics and Call-outs

• SecureDrop 1.4.0

  • Allie/Conor met yesterday to step through pre-release steps

  • Reminder: Tails 4.7 is out - good to test with both versions

  • New stable release of Tor is out

  • Allie will handle https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5291

  • #5288 ready for merge, #5287 pending additional review

  • Prepare release branch/RC1 end-of-day

  • No kernel change

  • Must-do testing in VMs + supported NUC7 + 1U

• SecureDrop Workstation keyring release

• Reminder: Tech meeting today re: server OS upgrade

• SecureDrop Contributor Survey preview

Allie

Yesterday:

• Figure out pre-release process

Today:

• Pre-release tasks & RM

Blockers or Asks: None

Conor

Yesterday:

• Discussed RM duties for 1.4.0

Today:

• Pair w/ Allie on new stable tor debs
• Re-review https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/563

Blockers or Asks: None

Erik

Yesterday:

• Sprint planning and associated follow-up
• Fleshed out read/unread options in https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-ux/issues/106 and discussed prototyping plan with Nina
• Reviewed user research disclosure guidelines & participant bill of rights

Today:

• Backlog & roadmap review
• Picking up https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/528 and making sure it's in good shape for final review

Blockers or Asks: None

John

Yesterday:

• trying to repro install hangs

Today:

• reviewing proxy #57
• client/sdk/workstation black/isort?

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Kev

Yesterday:

• Keyring PR

Today:

• Review John's config check PR
• Pick up docs PR

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

• Spent most of the day at https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-proxy/pull/61
• Just now merged #5288
• Rereviewed the community PR on blocking journalist usernames

Tomorrow:

• review + learning Blockers or Asks:
• None

Mickael

Yesterday:

• Changes to keyring PR
• Review of kernel prs Today:
• Review of decommissioning docs
• Re-review of kernel PR (wi Blockers or Asks: None

Ro

Yesterday:

• Support comms
• Meetings
• Tested https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5288 (LGTM), some time debugging install issue (https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/4839)

Today:

• DST/support comms
• Meetings
• sprint tasks

Blockers or Asks: None