(9/9/24) Meeting Minutes
Sept 9, 2024
Attendees:
Trym Bruset
Santiago Carmuega
Nicholas Clarke
Benjamin Hart
Leonard Hegarty
Hwang Huongket
Samuel Leathers
Stefano Leone
Evangelos Markakis
Lewis Mayne
Fergie Miller
Nori Nishigaya
Romain Soulat
Duncan Soutar
Agenda
Introduction & Quorum
Quorum achieved
Approve the Agenda
Agenda reviewed and approved with minor changes over Eystein’s absence
Minutes, Online Votes, & Publishing Updates
Minutes approved
Review 90-day milestone plan - Leonard
Progress on first 30 days of plan discussed
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) need more refinement and progress
Action needed to get scalability SIG moving forward
Initial items for budget approval to be discussed in this meeting
Leonard, Nick and Ben to prepare technical input required for the SIGs.
Proposed Item Review - Duncan
Stefano Leone presented four proposals for Plutus team: Static analyzer, property-based testing tool, Plinth model checker, and transaction monitoring system for discussion
Concerns raised about the small scale of the static analyzer proposal
Community research highlighted as required for property-based testing tool, Plinth model checker and transaction monitoring system.
Property Based Tool and Plinth model Checker: Romain Soulat and Ben and Nick Clark to opine on Property Based Tool to rate against existing solution.
Hwang to invite Marshall Swatt on Plutus Core matters
Review Triage -Leonard
1) Evangelos Markakis discussed proposal for DRep Incentives
Decision to put D-Rep incentives on hold until after Voltaire implementation
2) Discussion on Ouroboros Leios simulations and potential work on Mithril
Sam Leathers emphasized focus on maintenance and scalability for the coming year
Need to break down maintenance into specific topics like scalability and usability
Anti-Grinding: Leonard to reach out to Giorgios
Mithril: Leonard & Ben to reach out to Reza
Proposal to lower SIGs communication entry barrier - Eystein
Tabled until Eystein's return
Champions - Sizing and Deliverables - Ben
1) Item sizing discussion
Discussion on sizing and prioritization of roadmap items
Proposal to normalize sizing based on 1L = 5 person/year of work
2) Budget allocation
Debate on allocation of budget between new features, maintenance, and community needs
Discussion on how to present maintenance work in the roadmap
Proposal to categorize maintenance work into buckets for better oversight
Need for detailed presentation of maintenance work to justify budget allocation
Leonard, Ben and Duncan to set up meeting to align on state of items/ budget
New Business
Update on Committee Election
Hwang provided update on upcoming committee elections
Elections limited to core committees, excluding subcommittees and working groups
Decision to have follow-up meetings to refine roadmap items and budget allocation
Follow-up meetings will focus on categorizing roadmap items into maintenance and development buckets for clearer budget allocation.
Participants will discuss the need for additional details and outlines for each item to ensure comprehensive understanding and planning.
The outcome of these meetings will be presented to the Technical Steering Committee for validation and alignment on budget distribution.
Adjournment
N/A
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