2022-02-15 Indy Contributors Call

Summary

Recording of Call: dummyfile.txt

Welcome and Introductions

Attendees

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

• @Robin Klemens   (Institute for Internet Security) <klemens@internet-sicherheit.de>

• @Daniel Bluhm (Indicio PBC) <daniel@indicio.tech>

• @Lynn Gray Bendixsen(Indicio PBC) <lynn@indicio.tech>

• @Wade Barnes (Neoteric Technologies Inc.) <wade@neoterictech.ca>

Related Calls and Announcements

• The move to Discord is on...

  • Invitation: https://discord.gg/hyperledger

Release Status and Work Updates

• Indy Node

  • GitHub actions led by @Wade Barnes

  • Ubuntu 20.04 upgrade led by @Robin Klemens 

  • Sovrin Updates @Wade Barnes 

  • New branching model led by @Wade Barnes

  • indy-node-container Crisitan Kubis ( https://github.com/tsurai ), has created a Node Controller Container (docs), allows containerized indy nodes to participate in pool restart and upgrade

• Indy SDK

  • GitHub actions led by @Patrik Stas

• Indy Monitoring - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node-monitor

• Indy/Aries Shared Libraries - Hyperledger (indy-vdr, indy-shared-rs, aries-askar)

• Ursa

• Hyperledger Contribution Campaign ( @Stephen Curran )

• Indy DID Method – https://hyperledger.github.io/indy-did-method/

Meeting Topics

• Before the meeting: "did:indy" DID Method
  
  

  • Separate meeting held prior to this one.

• Update on CI/CD Update and Ubuntu Upgrade: Status Document

  • Indy-Plenum Status: 

    • Done, 16.04, 20.04, Jenkins and GHA

  • Indy-Node Status:

    • Done, 16.04, 20.04, Jenkins and GHA

    • One 20.04 running in the IDUnion network of 16.04 nodes

    • Preparing and executing the automated release process.

  • indy-test-automation Status:
    
    

    • Working systemd image for 20.04, but the tests are not working – client messages not getting to the server.

  • Developer tools

    • indy-node-container (moved to Hyperledger) and GitPod tools available (node and plenum)

    • On plenum – error with building the dev containers about Indy SDK version – need to get the metadata version correct (https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-sdk/issues/2473)

  • Indy-SDK build progress

    • Unblocked – builds are going and PRs are being reviewed (and rebasing PRs).

• AnonCreds Standardization Working Group

Future Calls

• Issues that could impact indy-node on 20.04

  • indy-sdk: needs an upgrade to OpenSSL 1.1 to properly support Ubuntu 18.04/20.04.  For indy-node, just using indy-sdk as is.

  • Multiple libsodium versions could impact consensus – intermittent issue on a mixed network.

• Plans for a new Indy-SDK release?

  • A few people from the community have asked.

  • The most recent request has been for a release to include this feature; https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-sdk/pull/2400

• Status of Indy-SDK

  • Statement on the future of the Indy SDK: PR 2329

  • Plans for future of Indy CLI (move to Indy VDR?)

  • Indy SDK in test for Indy Node (move to Indy VDR?)

  • Status of GitHub Actions for the Indy-SDK

• Indy bugs

  • Using GitHub tags "Good First Issue" and "Help Wanted" 

  • Node 1490: problems with large catch-up

  • Plenum 1506: view change message consensus calculation error

• Hyperledger campaign to recruit additional developers.

Action items