Standup Notes 2020 07 20

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

Topics and Call-outs

SecureDrop Workstation Kernel Fix

• Erik: was able to reproduce on X1 Carbon, single dpkg-reconfigure in SD templates resolved
• paxctld tweak merged: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/pull/179
• New dev package uploaded: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-dev-packages-lfs/pull/53
• Conor, Erik, Mickael, Ro to test once packages are live

SecureDrop 1.5.0

• Release issue: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5368

• QA matrix: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Y8Kiy0NzWxKsoKy9KmmtfQNpCWZxZsbDymP6yJg7FJs/edit#gid=373736950

• Docs strategy check-in

• RC2 changes

  • onion service string fixes: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5379

Other topics

• apt-test/apt repo distinction

  • Conor: In pursuit of making staging as prod-like as possible, it's probably a good idea to require signing with test key as part of LFS PRs. Maybe next sprint.

  • Mickael: Can we just blow away the metadata via cron job?

  • Conor: Yes. Would add small window of unavailability. Let's do that immediately.

• Backlog grooming

  • Allie/Kev/Erik/Mickael to do session for securedrop-client repo

• Request from Martin: Anyone willing to give a talk on SD on July 30: "Any engie folks down to give a talk about securedrop? My friend Melanie is looking for someone to give a short talk for a privacy meetup with Transcend, a privacy infrastructure company. [...] It will be recorded and shared publicly."

Allie

Yesterday: (Friday, half day)

• User interview with Nina

Today:

• Work on client release with Mickael
• Work on client window resize issue in Qubes: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/issues/1109

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Conor

Yesterday:

• Prepared candidate fix for workstation kernel problem - https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/pull/179
• Cleaned up apt-test package removal

Today:

• Merged branch-rename PR for nightly packages - https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-debian-packaging/pull/177
• Testing new workstation kernel fix on dedicated hardware

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Erik

Yesterday:

Thursday:

• Responded to many old Weblate comments, resolved some in minor-string-fixes branch (targeting 1.6.0)
• User research check-in with Nina and Allie
• Repro kernel issue on X1

Today:

• Sprint prep & backlog review
• Cont'd August fundraising event prep
• Support for 1.5.0 pre-release comms as needed
• Take another sprint task if time allows

Blockers or Asks: None

John

Yesterday:

• holiday

Today:

• 1.5.0 rc2, test plan update, QA

Blockers or Asks:

• Kev: #5379 review

Kev

Yesterday:

Today:

• Review #5379
• QA against 1Us once RC2 is available
• Sort out plan for building docs against a moving tag
• Test kernel fix

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

Tomorrow:

Blockers or Asks:

Mickael

Yesterday:

• HOPE talk slides
• SecureDrop Client release

Today:

• Merged kernel PR
• Running updater to test kernel change
• Record HOPE talk

Blockers or Asks: None

Nina

Yesterday:

• Most awesome user test session with Allie & Pilot partipant!

Today:

• Non-FPF, mostly
• UxR synopsis to share tomorrow
• Schedule more participant UxR sessions

Blockers or Asks:

• Meet w/ Erik in pocket of time before 2pm PST, to chat scheduling with other pilot participants (note: I'm in meetings until 10:30am).

Ro

Yesterday:

• QA
• meetings

Today:

• support comms
• review HOPE talk video
• Workstation testing
• meetings meetings meetings
• pre-release comms
• QA if time

Blockers or Asks:

• no blockers
• Asks: see call-out