Attendees

• Andrew Carr

• Colin Eberhardt

• Alan Froggatt

• Will Salt

Minutes

Will Salt gave a progress update

• The team has been focusing primarily on the work that needs to be done to reach v1.

• New time-of-day and boolean data types have been introduced.

• The Java package structure has been refactored.

• A custom generator framework has been delivered, together with a proof-of-concept to show developers how to use it.

• The build process has been improved with CI processes to confirm all source files include the correct licence notice.

• A proof-of-concept for connecting Data Helix to third-party data generator libraries was completed by a team member who has since left the team. This work is to be reviewed so that it can be integrated.

  • It was agreed that integration with non-Java libraries should be out of scope for v1.

We discussed what remains to be done before the v1 release

• The main concerns are around freezing the profile schema.

• There are also concerns that the documentation is sufficient for newcomers to use.

  • ACTION: Will to arrange a meeting to review the profile schema.

  • ACTION: Will to arrange a meeting to review outstanding bugs and determine which are blocking issues for the v1 release.

  • ACTION: Will to speak to other Scott Logic team leads to identify a developer who has not previously worked on the project, to see how straightforward they find it to download and start using Data Helix.

• There was some discussion as to whether the UI would be ready for the v1 release, but it was inconclusive.

  • ACTION: Will to consider who could be proposed as additional resource to work on the UI.