Standup Notes 2021 05 17

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

Top priorities

1. Complete first iteration of Safe Deletion for SecureDrop Client

2. Complete deliverables for SecureDrop 1.8.2, test them, and issue a point release

3. Update TemplateVMs to Fedora 33

Topics and Call-outs

1.8.2

• There was an issue with updating the builder image due to system pip breakage. For now we're updating the tests to not use pip anymore. For the future, we need to figure out a way to not ship pip.

• May still need to pull in some CircleCI config changes to get CI to green.

• Final changes for release branch

• Final QA

Next sprint

• Proposing sprint planning on Thursday

Allie

Yesterday:

• Safe Deletion UX Meeting
• Updated test in SD Admin Config patch

Today:

• Hiring
• Opening PR with fix which Kev will pull into rc3

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Conor

Yesterday:

• PTO

Today:

• Following up on f33 upgrade testing: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation/pull/695#issuecomment-842445840

Blockers or Asks:

• None

Erik

Yesterday: (Friday)

• Hiring

• Safe Deletion UX

• Docs issues

  • Tails 4.19 testing

  • Discovered issue with tailsconfig we need to fix before 2.0.0: https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/issues/5942

• PR for excluding screenshots script from debs

Today:

• Hiring: Internews candidate interview support; more prep for SecEng
• UX Research: Review script for user research interview w/ Nina
• Release: Support 1.8.2 release as needed
• Sprint: Prep for next two week sprint / 2.0.0 release

Blockers or Asks: None

John

Yesterday:

Today:

• release stuff
• maybe getting back to flag-for-reply removal

Blockers or Asks:

• no

Kev

Yesterday: (Friday)

• UX chat re: Safe Del
• Builder image fixes

Today:

• Cont'd on above
• Pulling in additional changes for RC3

Blockers or Asks: QA on RC3 when ready

Mickael

Yesterday: (Friday/this morning)

• Release, builder image changes

Today:

• Mtgs, work w/ Allie on security follow-up
• QA, release

Blockers or Asks: None

Nina

Yesterday

• Safe Delete review w/ team
• Follow-up iterations on color/cubes

Today

• Finishing research plan & beginning script for scheduled UxR participant mid-week
• 1pm Encryption keying w/ Harlo!
• 3pm sync w/ Erik on our plan

Blockers or Asks

• Erik—push our 3pm to 4 via Harlo meeting coming up?

  • no problem

• Safe Delete Team

  • Elderberry Julep vs Muted Lilac vs Blueberry Crush, Cubes vs Sparkles.
  • Iterations for feedback pls: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xvu3rBSCDT4uOaJQtWGszR9OKUruXLHO?usp=sharing
  • Last week's: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14_ExTGyObmA7qaimARNpr59m9KfOZoVF/view?usp=sharing

Ro

Thurs:

• support call, prospective SD call, meetings, onion name PR

Today:

• meetings, onion names, docs

Blockers or Asks:

• none