Standup Notes 2020 08 12

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

Topics and Call-outs

SD Fundraising Event

• All team members invited to join (see GCal)

Ubuntu 20.04 work

Epic: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/4768

New issues added as part of epic:

• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5445
• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5446
• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5449

Saptak mentioned Weblate API support for posting screenshots: https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/4196

Allie

Yesterday:

• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1138 - makes it possible to generate functional test cassettes when there are API or client changes.

Today:

• Reviewing open PRs e.g. updater changes
• Template consolidation planning with Mickael

Blockers or Asks: Review on #1138, and then https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1135

Conor

Yesterday:

• Brief investigation of kernel issue, no write-up yet https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/issues/590
• Demo prep for fundraising event

Today:

• Fundraising event for SD!
• Push quay.io focal image on Kushal's PR https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5444
• Non-SD tasks the rest of the day, kernel debugging if time allows

Blockers or Asks:

• John/Erik, scope that Weblate PR by Saptak in case it's useful for us soon: https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/4196
• Kushal, thanks for opening a bunch of focal tickets. It'd be great to get your eyes on that tarball packaging PR: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/pull/185

Erik

Yesterday:

• Investigated SD Client placeholder width issue & Weblate issue a bit further. Looks like we have a consensus on next steps re: Weblate screenshot automation, will aim to poke at the upload part later today.
• Fundraiser & unconference event prep

Today:

• SD fundraising event
• Catching up w/ Joan on docs work & other SecureDrop fun
• More poking at Weblate screenshot automation

Blockers or Asks: Infra check-in re: Weblate sandbox use

John

Yesterday:

• Getting Focal going to test mod_wsgi config problem (https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5443)
• Looking at Weblate screenshots (https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/3959)

Today:

• Continued Focal mod_wsgi investigation
• Weblate PR by Saptak, apparently :^)
• review: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5447
• helper script for string-screenshot association (#5443 again)
• Hopefully starting Qubes 4.1 testing

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Joan

Yesterday:

• Installing dev env: Debian & Fedora; will try Qubes setup as well
• Thanks much to Ro for walkthrough

Today:

• Review arch diagram in 1:1

Blockers or Asks: None

Kev

PTO

Kushal

Today:

• New issues created for Focal
  • https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5445
  • https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5446
  • https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5449
• Pushed draft PR https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5444
  • conor you can now build the image based on ^^
• Started reading old code and updating next steps related to #5449
  • to have the actual build related changes in Ansible

Tomorrow:

• Collaboration with Allie on SDK changes

• https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/pull/185

• Cont'd work on #5444 and other changes

Blockers or Asks: quay.io focal image (Conor working on it)

Mickael

Yesterday:

• prep for fundraising event
• reviewed/approved https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1130

Today:

• pair with allie on template consolidation
• User interview w/ nina

Blockers or Asks: None

Ro

Yesterday:

• prep for fundraiser
• meetings
• support ticket investgiation (#10439)

Today:

• dst/support comms
• fundraiser
• #10439 cont'd + bit of investigation of grub

Blockers or Asks:

• eventual feedback on ticket in Wire (async, after fundraiser)