2024-06-11 Contributor Call - US/EMEA

(Meeting Link: ⁨https://zoom.us/j/97540031823?pwd=dEJrRW1LakFlWnZPelI3VGxoVjg2dz09)

EMEA Friendly Time (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20220607T150000&p1=224&p2=179&p3=1440&p4=195&p5=47)

• 8 am Tuesday Los Angeles time
• 11 am Tuesday New York time
• 17h Tuesday Paris time

Agenda

•  Housekeeping
  • Antitrust notice - https://www.linuxfoundation.org/antitrust-policy/
  • This meeting is being recorded
  • Please Mute unless speaking
  • If you have a question use the raise hand feature
• Release updates / issues 
  • 24.6.0 in burn-in phase for release 
  • Besu-Native (Gary and Matt Whitehead on action items) 
    • Some workarounds for current issues with release and local build.
    • How does this supply chain work so vendors and users can reliably build from specific commits against Besu-Native versions? 
      • Checks in the artifacts? Maven/JFrog/GHA? 
      • Need to review the code for verification of native in Besu-Main.
    • Besu-Native should now automatically derive a CalVer release from when it was built to avoid the overwrite problem of previous versions. 
      • Should target the same changes to release updates / GHA. 
      • Gradle properties file needs to be manually up-revved when a new version is being cut. 
      • Gary to take point on this. 
    • Maven should stop a version being released.
• Work Updates
  • Release updates in the Wiki from Justin - looking for feedback: Release Process
  • QBFT + Bonsai Updates
    • Two PRs raised alongside testing --
      • Enabling Snapsync / Bonsai for BFT - https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7140
      • Fix for BFT state updates in Bonsai (invalid block issues) - https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/7204
    • Working through network and topology testing 
      
      • Some edge cases and implications for networks running new topologies (Snap / Bonsai)
    • Performance testing is next when Bonsai and QBFT can run in perpetuity without blocking bugs 
    • So far, so good
  • Legacy Features Sunset Plan – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MmFQde4C–JHvQWMabU7GyYwODYG3EhnT9IZ4uY8B4o/edit
    • Blog post announcement forthcoming for maintainer feedback 
  • Maintainers -- LFR:
    • https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6593
• Other Business
  • Review CI credit usage and build time for the month https://app.circleci.com/insights/gh/hyperledger
• Open Forum
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• Future Topics
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Recordings

Find the recording in the playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0MZ85B_96CHpqsKmljUK8HB98wK67RjC