2023-06-13 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting

Summary:

Topics:

• Update and Demo of BC Gov CWU – anoncreds-rs library in ACA-Py - Indicio
• Content for 0.8.2 final (or perhaps 0.9.0 final)
• ACA-Py PRs – let's play "Can We Merge This?"!
• ACA-Py Plugins – Update on progress/plans
• Adding a new Maintainer – Jason Sherman 
• Discussion Topics

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99220079317?pwd=OHk0U05ITnBkSmZ0aXlIQzFDYWg3UT09

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

Recordings From the Call:  

• Full Recording: https://youtu.be/fzlQTBK9WPQ
• 2023 06 13 Indy Aries Combined Call Chat.txt
• 2023 06 13 Indy Aries Combined Call Transcript.txt

Welcome, Introductions and Announcements

Attendees

• Stephen Curran (BC Gov/Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>
• Daniel Bluhm (Indicio PBC) <daniel@indicio.tech>
• Emiliano Suñé (BC Gov/Quartech) <emiliano.sune@quartech.com>
• Alexandra Walker (Indicio PBC) <alex.walker@indicio.tech>
• Frostyfrog (Indicio PBC) <colton@indicio.tech>

Announcements

• ACA-Py documentation: https://aca-py.org
• 2023.05.15 (this Thursday): Presentation: ZKPs – the High School Math Edition - Stephen Curran at the Identity SIG Meeting

Agenda

• Update on BC Gov CWU – anoncreds-rs library in ACA-Py - Indicio
  • https://hackmd.io/@dbluhm/anoncreds-project-update
  • MVP Revocation completed
  • Significant refactors
  • Feedback to anoncreds-rs
  • What's next?
    • Automated registry setup
    • Genericize revocation registry recovery?
    • Adapt original Indy anoncreds interface?
    • Test updates
    • Cleaning up
• Finalizing the 0.8.2 Release contents (or will it be 0.9.0?)
• The "Can We Merge This?" Game
  • ACA-Py PRs – let's take a look!
• ACA-Py Plugins – Update on progress/plans
  • HackMD on Plugins: 
  • Add a plugins folder in ACA-Py or a separate repo for all of the ones shared by the community
    • Standardize the structure and conventions in using Plugins - aries-acapy-plugins
    • Current plugins:
      • Traction
      • Redis/Caching
      • Kafka
      • Admin Protocol plugins
      • Moving things out of ACA-Py into plugins
        • Clean up the core of ACA-Py in the process
        • E.g., Mediator capabilities
    • Concern – a balance, not just everything is a plugin – important things need to be 'always there'
      • Example: Universal resolver plugin – not used until it moved from being a plugin to the core
• Adding a Maintainer - Jason Sherman 
• Adding a Dev Container to ACA-Py to help developers get started
• Creating a scalable mediator – a community effort
  • Start a session next week at the Aries WG Meeting – Wednesday at 7:00 Pacific / 16:00 Central Europe – Aries Working Group
• Other Topics/Open Discussion

Upcoming Meeting Topics:

• Discussion Topics:
  
  • Update on ACA-Py Container Scanning
  • Multi-architecture containers
    • Issue with BBS+ package – doesn't support ARM containers – need an update to their CI
    • Solution: A third container published that includes BBS+ package, but is single architecture
    • Others are Askar
• Does anyone use/see a use case for Web Sockets and Return Route beyond ACA-Py as a mobile agent mediator?

Future Topics

Action items