Hyrax Fedora 6 Working Group Update
Arran Griffith
Hi Everyone,
I am writing today to provide an update on work relevant to those interested in Hyrax 5 backed by Fedora 6 and to provide an overview of the most recent Hyrax Fedora 6 Working Group meeting. As a reminder, our Working Group was formed from stakeholders interested in seeing the advancement of Hyrax 5 backed by Fedora 6 and serves as an outlet for collaborative work across our communities for all users.
As you are probably aware, the Samvera Dev Congress wrapped up a few weeks ago. A big thank you to all those who were able to participate. A fully summary of the outputs of the Dev Congress can be found on the Samvera wiki here: https://samvera.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/samvera/pages/2281341103/Agenda+Wrap-up+for+Developer+Congress+January+22-26+2024
Of interest to Hyrax + Fedora users:
- Significant progress was made on Sirenia testing and outstanding issues can be found here in the Summary 2 Tab: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cBmqnbwWvpKLPOehpKBzuPZo1W1dYo7Y/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102560326564249615214&rtpof=true&sd=true
- There are a handful of outstanding issues related to Hyrax/Sirenia and the aim to resolve those to coincide with the Hyrax 5 RC-3 which will be out soon.
- To be considered a fully functional application of Hyrax 5.0 + Fedora 6.x with Valkyrie we are not requiring 100% of tests passing as some of the untested issues are not specific to Sirenia.
- Fedora 6.5.0-RC-1 is currently in testing phase
- Please consider participating in RC testing
- Instructions for participation can be found here: https://groups.google.com/g/fedora-tech/c/JaFXXETlk70
- Fedora 6.5.0 includes the ability to enable Pairtree identifiers which was flagged as a necessary feature during the Dev Congress.
The last discussion topic of the Working Group was revising our current Charges and Objectives. Our high level goals are to see the completion of Sirenia testing and the resolution of the outstanding issues from the above mentioned testing process and then our focus will turn to performance testing of the infrastructure.
But we need YOU! Consider joining the Hyrax Maintenance Working Group
The Hyrax Maintenance Working Group (HMWG) is charged with supporting core maintenance and development for Hyrax in order to provide a stable base of support for the solution bundle. Work includes addressing bugs and other issues as they arise and reviewing pull requests to Hyrax.
- Sprints occur on a 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off cycle, regardless of calendar, holidays, or planned time off. The group is currently in a working cycle and needs your support.
- During a 2 week sprint, daily stand-up occurs via Zoom at 1pm Eastern each weekday of the 2 week sprint (Monday-Friday).
- Zoom connection info is pinned in the #hyrax-wg Slack channel.
There is a project board in Github that tracks the issues for a sprint and/or work cycle - Use the #hyrax-wg channel on Slack to communicate with other HMWG members.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Rebekah Kati (Hyrax Product Owner) or Daniel Pierce (Hyrax Tech Lead).
Thank you as always for your continued support of our communities. We are grateful for your dedication and commitment to Samvera and Fedora users around the world. Please feel free to reach out to either myself (arran.g...@lyrasis.org) or Heather Greer Klein (hea...@samvera.org) if you have any questions. Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Arran
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Arran Griffith
Program Manager, Fedora Program
Lyrasis
