Standup Notes 2021 01 25

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

Topics and Call-outs

1.7.0

Release issue: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5689 QA matrix: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RbFqgphiZZVuAFdvCwJQugTHQw8EWOQdCcPscCXMgQM/edit#gid=0

Issues discovered during QA:

• String issue breaks language selection, expected to be resolved w/ final translation merge: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5740
• Issues with session expiry:
  • Wrongly redirected to index page on SI: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5741
  • Session expiry message wrongly displayed on JI: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5742
  • Allie will double-check behavior in 1.6.0

Translations: still a few languages not done. Czech and Russian are OK. Hindi's a problem, but can probably be fixed with Google Translate. :^(

Messaging:

• 1.7.0 upgrade/Focal prep guide ready for review: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-docs/pull/139

  • Kev will review

Backlog grooming

Focus on near-term backlogs on board for pruning & prioritization

Allie

Yesterday: (Friday)

• QA for 1.7.0 release

Today:

• Near-term backlog grooming
• Document 1.6.0 behavior for potential regressions
• Release management for 1.7.0
• Around for more QA if needed

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Conor

Yesterday:

• PTO

Today:

• Available for review on release blockers
• Finish of packaging wheels CI, self-assigned the PRs related to https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/pull/213

Blockers or Asks:

• Focal apt-test channel

Erik

Yesterday: (Friday)

• "Prep for Focal" docs, 1.6.0->1.7.0 upgrade guide: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-docs/pull/139
• Proposal for enforced update check in securedrop-admin: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5317#issuecomment-765809396

Today:

• 1.7.0 release messaging; other docs work as needed
• SD backlog grooming
• Poke more at #5317

Blockers or Asks:

• Input on #5317 appreciated

John

Yesterday:

• Focal hardware testing
• a little release work

Today:

• the usual last-minute translation terror
• barring urgent release issues, looking at Focal issues: boot-time entropy starvation, package versioning

Blockers or Asks:

• Nope

Kev

Yesterday:

Today:

• Support
• RC4 testing
• Review update docs
• Start on Safe Deletion implementation

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Time off

Mickael

Yesterday:

• QA on rc4

• Reproduce/investigate issues

• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5684 ready for review

  • John will take a first look; PR blocked until after release

Today:

• RM tasks
• install 20.04 on hardware

Blockers or Asks:

• Review (specifically functional) would be welcome on https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5684

Ro

Today:

• a.m. Meetings
• Support comms
• Hardware migration scenarios
• (If time) look at https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-docs/pull/139

Blockers or Asks:

• none