Standup Notes 2021 06 02

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

Top priorities

1. Safe Deletion: Land first iteration PR with minimal UX; land API for change for 2.0.0

2. Keyring update: Deliver keyring update (round 1) to SecureDrop Workstation users

3. Prep for 2.0.0: Complete release blockers for SD 2.0.0

Topics and Call-outs

More key rotation fun

• Releasing securedrop-keyring package

  • Conor will sign & promote Debian package, then Kev can merge

• Qubes template update

  • Conor will add prod sign tag on the repo, stretch goal: build new RPM

• Apt repo release file needs to be re-signed before expiry

2.0.0 changes

Allie

Yesterday:

• SecureDrop Workstation 0.5.4 released!
• UX meeting on Export

Today:

• Community Team meeting
• Back to working on SecureDrop saftey filesystem operations library
• Can help with updating https://github.com/freedomofpress/qubes-template-securedrop-workstation if Conor gets that far after the keyring package update

Blockers or Asks:

• Let's set up a product chat about export/sanitization

Conor

Yesterday:

• Assisted with 0.5.4 Workstation release
• Reviewed and merged Workstation keyring to apt-test

Today:

• Signing prod keyring pkg for workstation, will toss to Kev for review
• Qubes template (potentially blocked by workstation prod keyring update)
• Update keyring rotation epic with even more checkboxes!
• Reivew of backup procedures https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation-docs/pull/81

Blockers or Asks:

• Kev: Workstation keyring prod release, ready to rock? - YES

Erik

Yesterday:

• QA for release
• SecEng candidate review
• Go over export design ideas with Nina and Allie

Today:

• Prep for next sprint
• More onboarding w/ Cory
• More SecEng hiring

Blockers or Asks: None

John

Yesterday:

• reviewed cryptography update
• safe deletion

Today:

• pushing up safe deletion draft PR to talk about w/ Kev, Allie

Blockers or Asks:

• if there's time after meetings, have a couple of things to talk to Kev/Allie about

Kev

Yesterday:

• Reviewed Journalist Workstation tailsconfig fixes

Today:

• Got API PR ready for review
• Babel dependency update
• Review Flag for Reply PR
• Cory onboarding
• Keyring PR

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

• ✅ Did the initial review of https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5964 (delete files for sources API)
• 🔲 Started review of https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/5909 Tomorrow: Finish #5909 Blockers or Asks: None

Nina

Yesterday:

• Export stuff (2 paths in a video)
• Erik + Allie follow-up meeting on Export
• UxR prep

Today:

• Moar UxR prep
• Pilot participant interview
• tbd

Blockers or Asks:

• nope!

Ro

Yesterday:

• IVF+onion name
• Support comms, redmine cleanup
• DST correspondence with a new news org

Today:

• support comms/scheduling
• sec eng CV review
• DST followup
• This afternoon: Workstation prep for Friday

Blockers or Asks:

• ask: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation-docs/pull/81 ready for review and/or feedback