Standup Notes 2021 03 22

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

Topics and Call-outs

setuptools breakage recap

• setuptools_scm ended support for Python 3.5
• python-dateutil will install latest version of setuptools_scm -- which breaks Python 3.5
• Relevant PR (merged): https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5877
• Let's investigate updating dh-virtualenv soon to ensure all build-time dependencies can be pinned
• Kushal will continue to investigate https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/issues/218

Tor update

• Kev rebuilt packages and will put up PR after standup; Conor will review

Allie

Yesterday:

• Workstation component release with Mickael and Conor

Today:

• Finish stretchable left pane: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1210
• Revisit and see what's left in order to switch to pyside and if it really helps us https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/issues/1194
• Investigate CI flakiness
• Catch up with Kushal about reproducible wheels work (scheduled for Wed morning - Kush time)

Blockers or Asks:

• Ready for review: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1225

Conor

Yesterday:

• Fighting setuptools
• Workstation talk at LibrePlanet

Today:

• Review tor debs PR

Blockers or Asks:

Erik

Yesterday:

• Time off

Today:

• Take pass through CVs for SecureDrop contract gig
• Docs release with migration improvements
• Backlog grooming & prep for Wednesday's sprint planning mtg
• More work on NUC10 docs as time allows

Blockers or Asks: None

John

Yesterday:

• #5755 (gettext issue)

Today:

• finalizing PR for #5755
• #5863 needs some tests fixed
• qubes prod doc

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Kev

Yesterday:

Today:

• setuptools wrangling
• Tor update
• Support call

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

• meeting with
• Updated the PR https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5877
• Approved https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-proxy/pull/82
• Started digging into https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/issues/225

Tomorrow:

• As required Blockers or Asks:
• None

Mickael

Yesterday:

• workstation release
• started workstation audit blog post

Today:

• blog post (will post to audit channel soon)
• re-review https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/666
• might be blocked by https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/issues/669

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Nina

Yesterday:

Today:

Blockers or Asks:

Ro

Thurs:

• Support comms and Ubuntu 20.04 announcements - thanks Erik for review

Today:

• meetings
• Live support window
• Focal Support matrix (WIP)
• Provisional approval of NUC10 reccommendation and screenshot
• work on https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-docs/pull/183
• Later this week: more support comms/Ubuntu migration followup, improved streaming/live support station setup, docs as required. Mostly skipping standup.

Blockers or Asks:

• n/a