2024-05-14 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting

Summary:

Topics:

• New GHA Update Action
• PR Merges for pending 1.0.0
• Tech Debt Elimination Proposals pre-1.0.0
• Open Discussion

Recording:

Call Time: 8:00 Pacific / 17:00 Central Europe

Recordings From the Call:  

Welcome, Introductions and Announcements

Attendees

• Daniel Bluhm (Indicio PBC) <daniel@indicio.tech>
• Wade Barnes  (Neoteric Technologies Inc / BC Gov) <wade@neoterictech.ca>

Documentation:

• ACA-Py documentation: https://aca-py.org

Agenda

• New GHA to update GHAs – Wade Barnes -chore: updating dependabot to support gha, python, docker and dev container packagesCurrent PRs
  • Overview of dependabot config and its capabilities and limitations.
  • What to expect from the current settings
  • Reasoning behind ignoring particular versions - Should we?
  • Grouping updates - Do we want to?
  • Strategies for dealing with Dependabot PRs
  • Feedback from the community
    
    • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python/pull/2945#issuecomment-2104988709
      • How Dependabot deals with parameterized docker files.
      • How to reduce repetition in the config - YAML anchors.
      • Ignoring Major version updates - good or bad.
      • Ignoring Patch releases to reduce update spam?
      • Common update schedule.  Impact on GHA workflows - load due to integration tests.
      • Commit message prefixes and labels. 
    • https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr/pull/271
      • Grouping updates
      • Ignoring dev dependencies (aka allowing only prod  dependencies); see Allow docs
  • Notes from meeting where recorded here:
    
    • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python/pull/2945#issuecomment-2110532227
    • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python/pull/2945#issuecomment-2110560293
• Update / Merge Planning
  • Upgrades to various pipeline components
  • When to do a 1.0.0rcX?  Ready?
• Ideas on pre 1.0.0 Technical Debt Elimination – Issues
  • Migrate from PyLD to RDFLib
  • Unit test coverage report on PR's
  • Formalize a test plan
• AnonCreds Rust Revocation Issue in ACA-Py – status - Anoncreds Revoking one credential of many of the same type fails proof
• Open Discussion

Upcoming Meeting Topics:

Future Topics

• Formal test plan
  • We go through a process of release candidates but we often still end up discovering bugs after releases are out
  • Daniel to create an issue to start a discussion

Action items