Standup Notes 2019 10 31

Participants (alphabetical): Allie, Conor, Erik, Jen, Kevin, Kushal, Mickael, Nina

Topics and Call-outs

• Qubes Logging

• Export architecture

  • Open discussion: device selection menu https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-export/issues/21
  • Open discussion: device detection approach https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-export/issues/18

• YubiKey discussion

• Buster apt channel coordination

Allie

Yesterday:

• sync'd up w/ John about auto-attaching devices to the Export VM, adding printer support, and working on the export script that is used to transfer docs to both printers and block devices
• addessed PR comments for adding logging to proxy VM, which is ready for another review: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-proxy/pull/47
• closed urllib3 1.24.1->1.24.2 PR: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/314 and opened a PR to move from urllib3 1.24.1->1.25.3: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/318
• ran a successful print test that used our export script to print a test page
• continuing to discuss https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/597 with deeplow who is working on adding the unit tests necessary to test the new functionality of this PR

Today:

• printer: testing printer code
• may make quick fix for USB preflight check to use lsblk
• look into https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-client/pull/597#pullrequestreview-309996417

Blockers or Asks:

• needs discussion: switching over to requirements file before bumping urllib

Conor

Yesterday:

• Created dual-channel (stretch/buster) support for Qubes nightly package repo
• Started review on several kernel-related PRs by Mickael

Today:

• Continued review of kernel-related PRs by Mickael
• Continued testing of buster channel for SDW packages

Blockers or Asks:

• Mickael: let's voice-sync to coordinate apt/kernel changes (OK to do so after this meeting)

Deeplow

Working on behavior when user clicks into reply box / unclicks it - #597

Erik

Yesterday:

• Workstation pilot prep
• Hiring
• Non-SD work

Today:

• Workstation backlog review, cont'd pilot prpe
• Hiring

Blockers or Asks: None

Jen

Yesterday:

• Got the "SF" instance back up
• Kushal: Ported that CI change from proxy to client since the same logic is used

Today:

• 0.5+ day meetings, so limited bandwidth
• Otherwise returning to the other thing I said I would do yesterday which is my replies PR which I didn't get to yesterday

Blockers or Asks:

• None

John

Off-site

Kev

Yesterday:

Today:

• Kernel testing - not a ton of headway yet, will be running a fresh build from Mickael
• Investigate reply key generation issue

Blockers or Asks: None

Kushal

Today:

• Updated https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/issues/19 with the findings on logging in Qubes
• Reviewed and merged https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-proxy/pull/48

Tomorrow:

• sync up wtih Allie
• Python3.7 wheels and related code change to unblock us in Buster debian packaging

Blockers or Asks:

• none

Mickael

Yesterday:

• Building kernels, workstation templates

Today: proxy logging PR: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-proxy/pull/47

Blockers or Asks:

• Resolving repo issues w/ Conor
• Need to ensure uniqueness of package names. Suffix name w/ +buster to ensure uniqueness. OK? -> agreed

Nina

Yesterday:

Today:

• Catching up on export

Blockers or Asks:

Ro

Off-site