2023-10-05 Aries-vcx community call

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Agenda:

Start meeting discussion
- Agenda overview and ad-hoc additions ( you can add your discussion your point )
- Community updates
  - DIF DIDComm Users Group Meets 2,3, and 4th Mondays: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-usergroup/blob/main/schedule.md
  - Loosening dependency versions in Aries components
    - https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs/issues/240
  - V2 issue-credential protocol discussion started
    - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/issues/796
- Mentorship updates
  - mediators deployments:
    - vcx agency: deployed at https://agency.indyscan.io
    - mediator: need docker container
    - relay: need docker container
  - mediator project project plan aries-vcx based message mediator
    - https://github.com/nain-F49FF806/axum-test-server
  - uniffi aries-vcx wrapper project Project Plan - Aries VCX Next-gen Mobile Wrapper (UniFFI)
    - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/tree/main/uniffi_aries_vcx
Overview of recent work done
- Release 0.59.0 https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/releases/tag/0.59.0
- Release 0.59.1 https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/releases/tag/0.59.1
  - Sunsetting vdrtools based anoncreds implementation in favor of credx, yay!!!
- Naian: refactoring
  - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/992 - unpack_message return type
  - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1002 - refactoring, remove function from aries-vcx
  - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1007 - tweak EncryptionEnvelope API
- Bogdan: Refactoring & cleanups
  - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1003 - Use generics in favor of trait objects
  - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1005 - Removal of old-style mocking, removal of settings.rs global state
- Patrik: Connection protocol: removed+added APIs
  - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/982
Parked
- Demo aries-vcx https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/952
- Repo re-org
  - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/998
- did exchange https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/928
  - AATH PR!! https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-agent-test-harness/pull/723/files
  - aath: did-exchange for acapy in progress
  - aath: did-exchange for AFJ blocked
    - afj: works with qualified identifiers
    - aath: works with unqualified identifiers
  - aath: moving to qualified identifiers, qualified DIDs
In review
- V2 for issuance/presentation protocols
  - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pulls
In progress
- Drop vdrtools anoncreds from CI, features - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1008
- libvcx_core refactoring - generics in favor of trait objects - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/pull/1011
Planned
- Release 0.60.0
  - Removed vdrtools (only keep wallet - perhaps in separate workspace to enable Askar wallet contribution?)
- did:peer:4
- Upgrade vdrtools wallet sqlx dependency
- V2 issuance/presentation protocols

End meeting discussion
- Patrik: Integration testing approach - revisiting issues pointed out by Miro upon test refactoring
  - Many integration tests belong to aries-vcx-core
  - In many cases, 1 test per aries protocol should suffice
- Patrik: Long/medium term goals:
  - anoncreds-rs, support for did:web anoncreds methods
  - didcomm v2 (start with messaging, unrelying protocols like issuance/presentation later)
    - FYI: V3 issuance/presentation protocols exists - accomodated to didcomm v2

Todos:
- Reject invites with invalid DIDs https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-vcx/issues/963