2020 06 12 DWG Agenda

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Last updated: Jun 12, 2020
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Agenda

  1. Release status: Pam/Joe: Dashboard: https://jira.hyperledger.org/secure/Dashboard.jspa?selectPageId=10104
  2. Contributors topic for new languages(standing topic)
    1. New docs for contributing - review of https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/pull/1377
    2. Updates on Malayalam
      1. PRs, Translations, PO files...
    3. Updates on Brazilian Portuguese
    4. New languages: Japanese, Spanish
    5. New contribution docs – recommendation to translate Intorduction and Contribution topics as first step.
  3. Pipfile update pr: https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/pull/1394

Discussion

Eastern hemisphere call

  1. Introductions and new joiners
    1. Welcome to Tsujita-san and Nishijima-san, who are starting Japanese translation
  2. Release status
      1. 2.2 aiming at mid July
      2. 1.4 LTS still supported for 9 months past these dates
      3. Deployment guide updates receiving good feedback - outlook for end of month merge
      4. Create a channel tutorial discussed more today
      5. GO SDK now GA
    2. Other release-related items
      1. WASM link above
      2. Samples updates
        1. Considering replacing FabCar and marbles with asset transfer samples, and advanced ledger APIs
        2. Standardizing on single sample example
      3. Early in process
  3. Updates on Malayalam
    1. PR's starting to arrive
    2. Picked 4/5 key topics - Intro, Contributing to translate
    3. ML team using po/pot approach
    4. Full RTD build would help reviewers for initial translations
    5. pot/mo files need to be excluded from build
    6. Making excellent progress
  4. New Japanese translation
    1. Welcome to Tsjuita-san and Nishijima-san
    2. Working through new documentation to learn how to make doc changes and set up language repo for JA
    3. Good idea to create WG page for JA: International groups Tsujita-san will look at this
    4. Will connect with wider team of Japanese translators – Anthony and David will connect Tsujita-san and Nishijima-san.
  5. Updated documentation for international language contributors:
    1. Quick review of new/updated topics
    2. https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/latest/CONTRIBUTING.html
      https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/latest/CONTRIBUTING.html#ways-to-contribute
      https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/latest/CONTRIBUTING.html#contributing-documentation
      https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/latest/docs_guide.html
      https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/latest/style_guide.html
      https://hyperledger-fabric.readthedocs.io/en/latest/international_languages.html
  6. Uploaded recording


Western hemisphere call

  1. Release status
    1. 2.2 LTS in preparation
    2. 2.3, 2.4 longer poll items
    3. Mir BFT work in progress, next step for ordering service
      1. Byzantine and performance
    4. Channel participation API
      1. in progress, some playbacks available in contributors cals
    5. Config txn libary
      1. Making confgitx eaier to do
    6. Deployment guide
      1. CA first pass merged
      2. Set up and usage in review for merge after next week
    7. Snapshot and checkpoint
      1. RFC available and inflight
    8. GO SDK
      1. Beta in prep for GA
      2. no change expected
    9. BYFN now replaced
      1. All tutorials shifted over to test network
    10. Samples workgroup
      1. Solidfying networks etc
  2. Discussion on Fabric architecture
    1. Business process relationships
    2. Fabric Strategy and its evolution are required
    3. Helps on top level design and how it relates to and supports business use cases
    4. c.f. snapshot and checkpoint
    5. Provides helpful context for features
    6. matches marketplace to technology
    7. These needs should be captured into strategy process
    8. Contributor calls are helpful, but business focus and context is helpful and vital – business needs to drive technology
    9. e.g. FabToken removal, sense of frustration
  3. Language updates
    1. Brazilian Portuguese translation
      1. Lots of progress this week
      2. All glossary translated
        1. Add this to suggestions
      3. Learning about linking
        1. literal linking
        2. create secondary terms to link with English documentation
        3. helps to link documentation languages together (see example in video)
      4. Lots ready to contribute
      5. RTD being built for sharing!
      6. Now ready to create repo for Br-Pt translation
      7. Chapter meeting this week
        1. Next meet-up July 24
        2. Would like repo for this event
        3. Ask for contributions at this meeting
      8. Excellent progress in summary
      9. Super feedback
        1. Useful as language resource
      10. Language fixes
        1. One big request, and wrap them all at once
        2. Large groups work well - ty Pam for suggesting 12 at a time.
        3. Very grateful
      11. Super feedback on additional anchor
        1. Style guide
      12. David – will improve English version of translation
      13. Links and anchors are such a good idea
        1. These should be standardized
        2. Would make links better
        3. Clarity on URLs would improve
        4. Just root changes
      14. Whole team very impressed - ty Renato
    2. ML
      1. Feedback on EH call
      2. Typical topics
      3. Need to help groups build a community
      4. Jess Renthan, head of marketing, HL Campaign to find new translators
        1. work on framework, blog post, video, meetup
        2. Great idea, all happy to help
    3. David Boswell
      1. 10 different language areas
      2. Existing plus Arabic, French and Urdu
      3. Pam – extra languages help remove barriers to entry
      4. Thanks to David for super help
      5. Jim - important to prioiritze this effort
  4. Pipfile updates
    1. Renato suggested changes for Ubuntu
    2. Broke TOC – make suggestion that now converges docs
    3. Being merged into build process
    4. PR too be merged
    5. Great find on other OS
      1. Helps India team - ty
  5. Recording uploaded


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