Standup Notes 2020 09 22

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

Topics and Call-outs

1.6.0 Check-In

• Deferring release schedule by 1 day

/users API endpoint

• Threat model follow-up: Erik to prepare notes for review by Allie and Mickael

Standalone docs repo

• No more docs PRs into SD core at this point
• Erik to file infra issue for cutover of docs.securedrop.org
• Removal PR will be ready for merge once the cutover is complete

Support Sync

• Happening as scheduled
• Possible update on another workstation pilot org

Allie

Yesterday:

• Seen/unseen focus
• Reviewed /users endpoint PR

Today:

• Seen/unseen focus

Blockers or Asks: None

Conor

Yesterday:

• Reviewed Kev's testinfra PR

Today:

• Reviewing John's demo site
• Unblocking Ro on support docs branch settings (we missed during "main" rename)
• Then logging out for a half-day

Blockers or Asks:

• Kushal: As LM, please direct me to perform steps as required
• Schedule for new docs URL update?

Erik

Yesterday:

• Tweaks to /users endpoint PR, split off docs into securedrop-docs PR
• Draft PR for removal of docs from SD Core
• Added Redmine 2FA docs: https://github.com/freedomofpress/redmine_docs/pull/27

Today:

• Follow-up on custom development contract
• More work on docs cleanup for repo migration
• Help with 1.6.0 or other technical work on sprint as time allows

Blockers or Asks: Finalizing docs migration

John

Yesterday:

• seen/unseen

Today:

• seen/unseen
• meetings

Blockers or Asks:

• none

Kev

Yesterday:

• Reviewed and merged docs build logic
• Work on privacy talk

Today:

• ^^; rehearsal
• Back to sprint tasks as time allows

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

• Reviewed https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5318 testinfra against prod instance
• Created https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5521 for #5507 grsec kernel default in Focal (Mickael will review)
• Looking at how to idenfity python version for testinfra, trying out 2 different approaches
  • directly modify hostvar using import sys
  • subprocess.check_output to a python3 call
  • hopefully a PR tomorrow

Tomorrow:

• PR for testinfra
• reviews as required

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Mickael

Yesterday:

• Reviewed Kev's testinfra PR
• Started work on the changelog for 1.6.0

Today:

• Meetings; will review Kushal's grsec PR

Blockers or Asks: None

Ro

Yesterday:

• meetings
• support correspondence
• correspondence with prospective SD instance
• prepared quote + info for prospective DST training
• redmine_docs repo branch rename + infra issue (thanks conor!)

Today:

• emails/outreach
• tails 4.11 bulk-announce
• infra pr to remove old instance from icinga
• review https://github.com/freedomofpress/redmine_docs/pull/27
• support ticket 10705
• hardware tasks, sprint tasks if time

Blockers or Asks:

• ask: What's the scoop on T480s--can they still be acquired?