From 62041dcb5cefc0a5f2f43a06724a1880c1debdf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcin Rataj Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 17:24:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add meeting notes for irc sync 2018-04-09 --- meeting-notes/2018-04-09--weekly-wg-sync.md | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 meeting-notes/2018-04-09--weekly-wg-sync.md diff --git a/meeting-notes/2018-04-09--weekly-wg-sync.md b/meeting-notes/2018-04-09--weekly-wg-sync.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4c8476a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/meeting-notes/2018-04-09--weekly-wg-sync.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +# In Web Browsers and GUIs: Weekly IRC Sync (2018-04-09) + +- **Lead:** @lidel +- **Notetaker:** @lidel +- **Attendees:** + - @lidel + - @alanshaw + - @hacdias + - @agata_krych + + +## Agenda + +- Ask everyone to put their name into the list of attendees +- Round of updates + - What have you accomplished since the last Weekly? + - Were there any blockers? If so, which ones? Is it still blocked? Why? + - What is the next important thing you should focus on? +- Ask for general questions. Could be things like: + - I'm stuck with something, I don't know who to ask. Who knows who to ask? + - Who can help me with xyz? +- Brave call update please! +- Plan this week +- Review remaining issues if there is time left + + +## Notes + +### IPFS Companion v.2.2.0 +- [Release Notes](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/releases/tag/v2.2.0) + - blog post later this week + +### "the gallery thingy like experiments.google.com" + +- Continue discussion in https://github.com/ipfs/awesome-ipfs/issues/126 + - if we add tags to awesome-ipfs somehow, that will make things super easy to share (eg. share demos that use window.ipfs, share) + +### Brave Call Notes + +Brave is moving away from Muon (electron fork) and will use Chromium fork instead: +- https://brave.com/development-plans-for-upcoming-release/ + +We (@olizilla, @diasdavid and @lidel) had a call with Brave team last week to figure out where we stand and what will be the future of IPFS in "new Brave". + +IPFS call summary created by Brave team: +> - [IPFS team] have been working on a Muon based approach, but it sounds like have been blocked on some things. +> - The IPFS guys are willing to spend more time on integration within Brave especially if we can improve responsiveness. +> - It sounds like we should re-use the web-extension based ipfs-companion extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ipfs-companion/nibjojkomfdiaoajekhjakgkdhaomnch and https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion +> - [IPFS team] is interested in leveraging Chrome App APIs (and possibly custom ones Brave would create) to give them the functionality they need to innovate for what a P2P browser would be. +> - Oli will work on getting a brave-core build up and working. +> - The ipfs-companion extension needs a separately installed locally running IPFS daemon from what I understand. We could do like Tor does to bundle the daemon with Brave. +> - We might introduce a bi-weekly call once work starts heating up, first step get them running on a chromium-fork build. + +**tl;dr** It is a mixed bag, but in the long run we may end up with more powerful apis, such as [socket API](https://developer.chrome.com/apps/socket). We may need to adjust our OKRs for Q2 to account for these new Brave efforts. + +### GUI Design + +- Agatha is finishing wireframes for start page, nothing to link yet, expect an update soon. + - We will try Invision for comments this time (may be more friendly than Zeplin) +- Next step will be File Browser + - Design: Add files to IPFS https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/pm-ipfs-gui/issues/35 + - Design: File Browser https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/pm-ipfs-gui/issues/9