Sprint Planning Meeting 2018 11 28

Sprint Planning Meeting, SecureDrop, November 28, 2018

Sprint timeframe: Beginning of Day (PDT) 2018-11-28 to Beginning of Day (PDT) 2018-12-12

0) Board review / mini retro

https://github.com/orgs/freedomofpress/projects/1

Reminder: In-depth alpha retrospective scheduled for December 6.

1) Review important dates and time commitments

2018-11-26 to 2018-11-30: Workstation security audit (NYC)
2018-12-04              : String freeze and pre-release announcement for SecureDrop 0.11.0 (EOD PST)
2018-12-11              : SecureDrop 0.11.0 release (by EOD PST)

Time check: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YIS1ANd7ruTuWkMMJoD33r9BX34mNFEQ3vgaNmbfTG4/edit#gid=0

2) Agree on must-achieve sprint goals:

• Smooth and timely release of SecureDrop 0.11.0
• Complete transition to nested virtualization in CI
• Merge first iteration of reply functionality in client

3) Task selection and estimation

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jWMMh9H4l_KOXDe1Ss50Ui_T6PrAZfZM2BKzaLZ8qfU/edit#gid=0

4) Mini-Standup

Participants (alphabetical): Conor, Emmanuel, Erik, Jaysinh, Jen, Josh, Kevin, Kushal, Mike, Mickael, Nina

Conor

Yesterday: Working mostly on non-SD tasks -- Ansible PR review.

Today: More on Ansible PR

Blockers: None

Erik

Yesterday:

Today: Hiring ^ specification writing -- follow-up from sprint planning

Blockers: None

Jaysinh:

Yesterday:

* Tried watching a few talks on SecureDrop.

* Observed changes done at https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/3944

Today:

• Fixing issue of Journalist interface logins with invalid usernames are not throttled https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/3566
• Analyzing issue of removing Bluetooth/Wireless from Kernel module https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/2726 -- Mickael will add some notes

Blockers:

None

Jen

Yesterday:

• Some hiring tasks
• Started reviewing Mickael's Ansible PR... hitting an issue on registering the OSSEC agent, digging
• Worked with Kushal to do initial branching / changelog for 0.11

Today:

• Figure out what the issue is with Ansible upgrade problem on mac

Blockers:

• None

Josh

Got back into swing of things; making sure I still have access etc. --> starring/unstarring

Kevin

Yesterday: Support / client call

Today: Acquired hardware for testing, trying to install 14.04 with mixed success. Will review 0.11.0 test plan.

Blockers: None

Kushal

Yesterday: Working with Jen to create release issue / branch / test plan. Went through two PRs from @heartsucker

Today: Continue on PR review

Blockers: None

Mike

Ops onboarding

Mickael

Yesterday: Ansible PR

Today: Building debs, updating builder to have latest security fixes

Blockers: None

Nina

Yesterday: Qubes session with Erik

Today: Doing final prototype refitting, visual design

Blockers: None