2023-07-03 DevEx Meetup Notes

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Demos, Scheduled Topics

@Rebecca Graber (Deactivated) : Tutor in Apple Silicon

• Are there directions for using Tutor in apple silicon?

• this could be another blocker to 2u adoption

• Error Becca got:

  [nodejs-requirements 4/4] RUN --mount=type=bind,from=edx-platform,source=/package.json,target=/openedx/edx-platform/package.json --mount=type=bind,from=edx-platform,source=/package-lock.json,target=/openedx/edx-platform/package-lock.json --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm,sharing=shared npm clean-install --no-audit --registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/: #0 0.141 qemu-x86_64: Could not open '/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2': No such file or directory`

• `tutor local launch` should run to completion on ARM64 (M1/M2) Macs · Issue #821 · overhangio/tutor ?

• Running Tutor on ARM-based systems — Tutor documentation

@Rebecca Graber (Deactivated) / @Jeremy Bowman (Deactivated) : Slack channel organization

[Question] We have wg-developer-experience slack channel for the working group, should we have a developer-experience channel or just use the wg channel

eg question: should i be using devstack or tutor?

Where should I create a new issue?

Development workflow questions

@Rebecca Graber (Deactivated) will talk to @Kyle McCormick about this more, and think about how to funnel people to the correct processes

Cross Pollination

• Tools/features/opportunities

• Tips and tricks

• Roadmap news

Diana

• MySQL 8 migration is starting

  • has had some impacts on devstack

  • notes:

    • tutor is all mysql8 by default, Palm assumes mysql8

    • devstack is 5.7 by default

    • if on 5.7 on a production instance, folks should get it changed by EOY. Worth a discourse post?

      • Ask BTR

      • 5.7 EOL is 2023-10-21

Jeremy

• Maintenance Kanban board has been moved from edx to openedx: Maintenance • openedx

  • Workflow also slightly tweaked after meeting to reconcile with Axim’s contributions board: Contributions • openedx

  • Maintenance Board (GitHub Project)

  • Notes:

    • More announcements coming up

• Very close to native Arm images for devstack

Becca

• Trying to get quantitative measurements on how long it takes people to go from joining the org to their first merged PR

Challenges

• Each challenge should have a follow up action.

• If you have an idea for follow up actions, add it.

• Or if you aren’t sure, leave it blank.

• We’ll discuss all actions either way.

• Becca

  • Tutor on M2 (see discussion notes)

  • GitHub’s graphql api is very bad, it’s hard to figure out when everyone (or anyone) joined

• Diana

  • updating ubuntu packages that need to be installed (for MySQL 8) in all the places it needs to be updated

    • package is called pkg-config

    • might need to go into BTR notes

Successes

• DevExp wins!

Becca

• Given a username, we can get this person’s first merged PR for open/edx, which is half the battle

Suggested Action Items

Last Time:

This Time:

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The board: Developer Experience Working Group • openedx

Top-level initiatives: DevX: Top-Level Initiatives & Epics · Issue #1 · openedx-unsupported/wg-developer-experience

After the meeting…

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• Axim: Paste in the Zoom link once it’s ready.

• Paste these notes and next week’s agenda in #wg-developer-experience