Standup Notes 2020 09 10

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

Topics and Call-outs

setuptools & focal

• setuptools default version in Focal is 44, which is causing issues
• Goal is to pin & download specified setuptools version, install as wheel in build container so it will be used for venv-created virtual environments

Tech mtg

• Reproducible builds
• Template consolidation next steps

Standalone docs repo

• Conor to review repo history prior to promotion to "beta"

Allie

Yesterday:

• Reviewed and merged template consolidation prs around mimetype handling
• Seen/Unseen planning with John
• Mostly worked on Journalist badges to support "ghosts", discovered that at least one of two bugs around deletion are interferring

Today:

• Will file issue for second deletion issue re journalist ID not getting updated to deleted
• Review of elided text PR

Blockers or Asks:

Conor

Yesterday:

• Reviewed Kev's workstation metapackage, now in prod
• Read through template consolidation work

Today:

• Spike on template-consolidation, after coordinating with Kev
• Review git history in new standalone docs repo

Blockers or Asks:

• Kev: Hop on a call today to compare notes re: consolidation?

Erik

Yesterday:

• Audit follow-up. Threat model interviews to begin in late October.
• Reorganized requirements in https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/610 & addressed other review comment
• Reproducible builds planning, filed
• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/issues/195
• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/issues/196
• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packages-lfs/issues/35
• Help w/ fundraising proposal
• Standalone docs repo follow-up: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5435

Today:

• Write up end user docs for Redmine 2FA
• More work on standalone docs repo
• Follow-up on open PRs as needed

Blockers or Asks:

• Review of https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-docs-alpha

Joan

Yesterday:

• git filter-repo filtering of standalone docs repo
• Identified issues for issues review tomorrow

Today:

• Continue on the above ^^
• Evaluating alternatives to Slack for SecureDrop chat

Blockers or Asks: None

John

Yesterday:

• setuptools/focal
• seen/unseen w/Allie!

Today:

• more setuptools
• seen/unseen API work (https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5475)

Blockers or Asks:

• PyPA

Kev

Yesterday:

• Prod signing & release of workstation grsec metapackage
• Template consolidation: creation of small & large template

Today:

• Cont'd template consolidation work

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

• Started reviewing https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5486 (staging env draft PR)
• From there https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5488
• Then setuptools/focal building rest of the day https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5484#issuecomment-690275249

Tomorrow:

• Back to Focal staging env

Blockers or Asks:

• Should we create a new PR from #5443? -> yup

• Blocked on package building and #5443 for Focal work

Mickael

Yesterday:

• currently reviewing https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1137
• reviewed https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/610
• reviewed build docs changes https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/pull/194
• reviewed a grant proposal Today:
• finish review of https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1137
• re-review https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/610 Blockers or Asks:
• do the deletion issues raised previously have any impact on 1137?

Ro

(On leave until September 14)