2021-04-27 Indy Contributors Call

Summary

Recording from the call: 

Welcome and Introductions

Attendees

• Ry Jones (LF) ry@linux.com
• Robin Klemens (DB Systel GmbH) <Robin.Klemens@deutschebahn.com>

Related Calls and Announcements

Release Status and Work Updates

• Indy Node
  • GitHub actions led by Wade Barnes
  • Ubuntu 20.04 upgrade led by Robin Klemens andRyan Marsh
  • Sovrin Updates Wade Barnes 
  • New branching model led by Wade Barnes
• Indy SDK
  • GitHub actions led by Patrik Stas
• Indy Monitoring - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node-monitor
• Indy/Aries Shared Libraries - donated to Hyperledger (indy-vdr, indy-shared-rs, aries-askar)
• Ursa
• Hyperledger Contribution Campaign (Richard Esplin Stephen Curran )

Meeting Topics

• Update: GitHub actions led by Kevin Griffin Wade Barnes
  • CD: Hyperledger Debian repo is available and being used
    • Package artifacts
    • Secrets managed
  • Indy-Plenum
    • CI for Indy Plenum - merged
    • CD for Indy Plenum - ready but not merged 
    • Ubuntu 20.04 Upgrade
  •  Indy-Node
    • CI
    • CD
    • Ubuntu 20.04 Upgrade
  • Indy-SDK
    • CI/CD for Indy-SDK 
    • Jenkins/GHAs to run in parallel for a bit, while the GHA are finalized.
      • CI
      • CD
  • Sovrin Release - Wade Barnes
    • Working on CI/CD
    • Ubuntu 20.04
  • indy-test-automation – had been working, but it is dependent on the Sovrin packages that are not made yet.
  • Need to research the publishing of the artifacts from GHA to the Sovrin repos
    • Before – indy and sovrin artifacts were in Sovrin repos
    • To Be Done – indy artifacts will be hosted on Hyperledger Artifactory; Sovrin on Sovrin repositories
  • Sovrin Network Upgrade process: 
    • Inputs: New CI/CD, OS Upgrade, Post Feb. 2020 functionality (e.g. Rich Schema), indy-crypto vs. ursa-crypto
    • Today: 16.04 with no post Feb 2020, Functionality, mix of indy-crypto/ursa-crypto
    • Release 1: Another 16.04 using the new CI/CD code but no code changes plus the Post-Feb. 2020 changes
      • Concern: Have the new GHAs been made ONLY for 20.04?  Not supposed to be, but TBD.
    • Release 1: Ubuntu 20.04 that runs with today's nodes.
      • Proposal: Call the new version 1.13.0 that is tested ONLY on Ubuntu 20.04, MUST be compatible with 1.12.4
      • One Steward at a time – 1) remove their 16.04 1.12.4 node, 2) create new 20.04 device, 3) install 20.04 node, 4) add their 1.13.0 node
      • Cannot affect consensus – we'll verify that as we go.
      • Short term request of Stewards – get ESM from Canonical
    • Release 3: Post Feb. 2020 changes

Future Calls

Next call:

Future:

• Changed to indy-node as needed for did:indy
• Status of Indy-SDK
  • Statement on the future of the Indy SDK: PR 2329
  • Plans for future of Indy CLI (move to Indy VDR?)
  • Indy SDK in test for Indy Node (move to Indy VDR?)
  • Status of GitHub Actions for the Indy-SDK
• Indy bugs
  • Using GitHub tags "Good First Issue" and "Help Wanted" 
  • Node 1490: problems with large catch-up
  • Plenum 1506: view change message consensus calculation error
• Hyperledger campaign to recruit additional developers.

Action items