2024-09-24 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Maintainers Meeting

Summary:

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91279968714?pwd=Yk9GVVNLOFE1cklkSk51UEZQTklOQT09

Call Time: 9:00 Pacific / 18:00 Central Europe

Recordings From the Call:  

Welcome, Introductions and Announcements

• Heads Up: New Zoom links for this meeting and ACA-Pug when we move to OWF

Attendees

• Stephen Curran (Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>

Announcements

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

• Plugins: https://plugins.aca-py.org

• did:tdw DIF Working Group Meeting this Thursday, Sept. 26 at 9:00 Pacific / 18:00 Central Europe, Agenda/Zoom info is: https://hackmd.io/k4cIK9vQSlaeg2pdHE51IQ

Agenda

• New maintainers – Thiago and Mourits - #3239

• Dealing with artifacts and naming:

  • Any flashes of inspiration on the name? "acapy"

  • Need an immediate update to the README to begin to announce the move and process.

  • Create a "move2owf.md" file that we will maintain with guidance about the move.

  • Repo name will be "acapy", associate repos would be "acapy-..." as in "acapy-plugins" and so on.

  • What do we rename "aries_cloudagent" to?  Suggestion is "acapy-agent".

  • Create PR to change "things", then move to OWF, create a fork at the old location (see below) then merge the PR, then clean up.

  • Can we keep publishing to PyPi "aries_cloudagent" after we make such a change?  Can we use an alternate name for a PyPi package?

    • PyPi – leave deprecation messages – warning.

    • One more release from Hyperledger with the deprecation notice.

    • Then an immediate release from OpenWallet Foundation with a new package name of "acapy-agent".

  • Assuming we can get permissions, can we keep publishing to GHCR – e.g.ghcr.io/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python:py3.12-1.0.0

    • For LTS – we will keep publishing to this GHCR

    • Move the repo, create a fork using the old name, update the README to send the users to the new repo, and continue to publish PyPi and GHCR releases from the fork – which will never be merged. 

      • No new issues on the fork. 

  • Documentation – what file should we create?  Just put it at the top of the README in screaming letters?

    • Document that details the change – published on https://aca-py.org 

    • Discord

    • Aries Mailing List

  • Any concerns about the plugins?

    • Redirect should take care of a lot of this – we hope.

    • Worst case documentation, and people will have to update their deployments.

  • Any other concrete things we can do?

  • Timing:

    • First thing is a README update and announcements.

    • Next is a final Hyperledger Aries release.

    • PRs to prepare changes

    • Move.

• PRs and Issues –

  • #3184 (connection protocol – and next version number and how to document?)

    • Immediate release of what we have as 1.0.1 – with a deprecation notice.

      • Could be last Hyperledger release.

    • Merge the connection protocol PR

    • Remove Issue Credential / Present Proof v1.0 and put them into a plugin (or not?)

      • Indicio to remove and create a plugin

      • BC Gov to test the plugin and tweak.

    • All three will go into the subsequent release – 1.1.0 either from Hyperledger or OWF as we decide.

  • #3246 (multikey management)

    • Try to finish off, review again and merge today and include in 1.0.1.

    • #3181 – creates two routes to add a proof to a JSON document.

  • #3243 (in-memory wallet)

• Any thoughts on #3240 – extending the --seed  to include what DID method to use with the seed?

  • Conceptually – a wallet import to create the right private keys in ACA-Py to enable appropriate signing.  Know the keypair/DID in advance, but want to use it in ACA-Py.

• Progress on other initiatives:

  • OpenID4VCs plugin - Indicio team focus

  • Other?

• Open Discussion

  • Urgent request to complete did:indy support (e.g., JSON-LD VCs based on did:indy DIDs) – triggering learnings about DID handling.  @Daniel Bluhm to assemble those learnings and share as work proceeds.

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