Standup Notes 2021 02 04

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

Topics and Call-outs

• 5.4.88 status on nuc10

  • Early testing very positive -- boots on NUC10, network works

  • Next step is to update the metapackage so it's pulled in automatically during testing via apt-test

  • Mickael to update metapackage, Focal-only

  • Tentatively re-milestoning to 1.8.0, pending further testing

• issue with workstation nightlies (https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/issues/216) now fixed

• UX meeting at 12:30EST/9:30PST

  • Safe Deletion, client scaling UX walkthrough & discussion

• Coordination for httpse ruleset merge

  • Conor will merge today's change

Allie

Yesterday:

Today:

Blockers or Asks:

Conor

Yesterday:

• Kernel work

Today:

• HTTPSE PR review
• Document kernel build process
• unattended upgrade PR review: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5684

Blockers or Asks: None

Erik

Yesterday:

• Sprint planning and associated follow-up
• Unbreak Nina's workstation (diskspace issues; filed https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/issues/653 as one possible future improvement)

Today:

• Mtgs (UX, accounting)
• PEO follow-up
• Cont'd work on SDW hardening tasks

Blockers or Asks: None

John

Yesterday:

Today:

• Getting new hardware into Focal test rotation
• Poke at i18n tool fixes

Blockers or Asks: None

Kev

Yesterday:

• Safe Deletion

Today:

• Presenting Safe Deletion UX
• Updating tests, other follow-up as needed
• Support tasks

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

• Re-reviewed and approved https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5684
  • need another pair of eyes who can then verify and merge (looking at conor)
• commented on wtih my idea/finding https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5426 about how to sort the .j2 desktop file.

Tomorrow:

• Create a PR for https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5426

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Mickael

Yesterday:

• reviewed/merged client PRs:

  • https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1215
  • https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1206

• Nightly build fixes: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/pull/217

• kernel https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5479#issuecomment-773311167

• started review of https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5771 on focal/hardware Today:

• Finish review of https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5771

• More focal testing on hardware

• More reviews as needed

Blockers or Asks:

Nina

Yesterday:

Today:

Blockers or Asks:

Ro

Yesterday:

• mostly off, small amount of support comms + opened onion name PR for bart and torstar

Today:

• planning meeting with DST (Olivia)
• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop.org/issues/803 (for discussion)
• an IVF
• Ping martin about https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-docs/pull/48, review https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-docs/pull/146/ (LGTM)
• support comms
• resolve home internet issues :/
• possibly a couple of support tasks, like looking at firewall config (hi John)

Blockers or Asks:

• none