2020-06-09 Besu Contributor Call Agenda

Meeting Link: https://consensys.zoom.us/j/199741148

EMEA/AMER Friendly Time -  1500UTC (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20200609T150000&p1=224&p2=179&p3=195&p4=47&p5=1440)

  • 8am Tuesday (9 June) Los Angeles
  • 11 am Tuesday (9 June) New York
  • 3pm  Tuesday (9 June) UTC
  • 5 pm Tuesday (9 June) Paris/Berlin
  • 1 am Wednesday (10 June) Brisbane

Agenda

  • Housekeeping
  • General Announcements
  • Release updates
    • 1.4.6
      • Last planned 1.4 release before 1.5
      • Acceptance test issues identified and fixed in master
        • Random numbers were blocking on OS level entropy generation
    • Upcoming 1.5 RC 
      • June 17 (AMER)/ 18 (AUS): Besu 1.5 RC
      • July 14 (AMER) /15 (AUS): Besu 1.5 Release
    • Release process change proposal post 1.5
      • Full proposal incoming, but in short:
        • Gate bi-weekly releases on testnet fast syncs (all ETH networks)
          • Still update nightly nodes on mainnet.
        • Gate quarterly releases on mainnet fast syncs
          • These can't be the only fast syncs done during the release. 
  • Work Updates
    • Ethereum Mainnet ephemeral testnet - YOLO
    • Ethereum Mainnet upcoming fork - Berlin
      • EIP 2315: Simple Subroutines for the EVM
      • EIP 2537: BLS12-381 curve operations
      • Two other repricing EIPs not committed.
  • Other Business
  • Open Forum
    • Open contributor questions
  • Future Topics
    • Request Welcome