Standup Notes 2020 11 05
Participants (alphabetical): Allie, Conor, Erik, John, Kevin, Kushal, Mickael
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Release issue: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/issues/624
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Allie will test happy path upgrade from 0.4.0
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Kev will work on securedrop-debian-packaging changes
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Mickael/Kev will pair on getting packages ready for release
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Erik will handle release comms once everything is ready
Before running the updater again, run this command in dom0:
sudo qubes-dom0-update -y
If the command completes successfully, you can force an updater run by running this command in dom0:
/opt/securedrop/launcher/sdw-launcher.py --skip-delta=0
[Language around runtime] a timed run of the updater via the dom0 command: If the update completes without errors, reboot the machine. If an error is reported, please let us know, and we'll help troubleshoot.
Yesterday:
- Responded to feedback on https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1164
- Unit testing for seen feature
Today:
- Test happy path for rc3 to see if updater stalls as it did for kev [it did not]
- https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1184 [fix bug found during QA]
Blockers or Asks:
- None
Yesterday:
Today:
Blockers or Asks:
Yesterday:
- Non-SD work, pre-release comms and final bits of testing
- SD Workstation PR to fix test subtargets (merged this morning)
Today:
- Non-SD work
- Support SecureDrop Workstation 0.5.0 Release
- Poke at SDK test refactor on sprint if time allows
Blockers or Asks: None
Yesterday:
- Docs tweaks, thanks to Ro for help w/ OSSEC key language
*Today:*a timed run of the updater via the dom0 command:
- Finish up docs PRs
- Work on overview for developer docs
Blockers or Asks: None
Yesterday:
- reviews
- interviews
- typing rabbit holes
Today:
- still digging into typing, orm, database problems
- meetings
- reviews
Blockers or Asks:
- nothing reasonable
Yesterday:
- Mtgs, client support
- Happy path QA run, ran into stalling issue
Today:
- Updating changelog for securedrop-debian-packaging, other release work
Blockers or Asks: None
Today:
- Reviewed and merged https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5615
- QA on prod state, printing happily on Brother printer
- Experiment with Qubes + qrexc (still someamount left), will report back
Tomorrow:
- finish up the Qubes experiment
- next things in issues/sprint
Blockers or Asks:
- None
Yesterday:
- reviewed/merged https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/635
- reviewed/commented https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5616
- reviewed https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1164
- reviewed/merged https://github.com/freedomofpress/ansible-role-grsecurity-build/pull/63
- Workstation QA, investigate the sd-whonix logging issue https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/issues/637. The last finding is that numbered dispvms generate their own folder (due to hostname -> qubesdb change)
- Pushed signed tags for sub-components in preparation for release
Today:
- Go through though release steps w/ kev, steps documented/tracked in https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/issues/624 (edited)
- re-review https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5616
- re-review https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/1164 Blockers or Asks:
- none
(At event, updates on Slack)