Standup Notes 2021 06 23

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

Topics and Call-outs

2.0.0

• Cut RC5 this morning, including a final bug fix for reply key generation. Available for QA, stepping through fresh install. No need for application acceptance testing, but going through 2.0.0 section of test plan is appreciated.

  • Hoping to get release tag up by 3PM EDT

  • Tag for 2.0.0 will still be signed with old signing key. Repo will be signed with new key.

  • John will do fresh install to check haveged fix and full update test.

  • Kev will coordinate w/ Allie when she's online.

  • Comms: securedrop.org footer should hold new release key, we'll circle back to that tomorrow

Allie

(Release focus)

Conor

(Time off)

Cory

Yesterday:

1. securedrop#5996: Revised first pass on IMG ALTs (and did some extra research) based on Kev's review
2. Front-loaded this week's learning time in preparation for today's Monday's #sd-e2ee-wg meeting

Today: 3. securedrop#5985: Start revisions of status-indicator IMG ALTs

Blockers or Asks:

• securedrop-client#239: Review approach at John's convenience (post-release!)
• Heads-up: After this round of bottom-up a11y changes, the next round we've prioritized will be much more top-down (e.g., the template refactoring proposed in #5986 and #5987). Happy to talk with Erik/Kev/Nina/anyone about the best way to proceed here. :-)

Erik

Yesterday:

• Cont'd 2.0.0 support/docs updates
• More hiring/contracts work; recruiting chat w/ D a v i d
• More discussion of Electric Embers alternatives @ Infra Sync

Today:

• 2.0.0 / standing by for comms support
• Hiring (preparing & sending out tech challenges)

Blockers or Asks:

• None

John

(Release focus)

Kev

(Release focus)

Kushal

Today:

• release things
• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5901 added open questions for the next steps to have wheels based package build for securedrop-app-code

Tomorrow:

• As required Blockers or Asks:

• None

Ro

(Release focus)