9th February 2026 - GitProxy Meeting Minutes

[kriswest]

Date

20260209 - 4pm GMT / 11am EST

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Agenda

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• Convene & roll call (5mins)
• Display FINOS Antitrust Policy summary slide and review Meeting Notices (see above)
• Approve past meeting minutes
  • 26th January 2026 - GitProxy Meeting Minutes #1364
• Proposal to Appoint Andy Pols as a Git Proxy maintainer #1366
• v2 release - ready to go?
• Setting up CODEOWNERS
• e2e test issues
• (if time) v2.1 scope
• AOB, Q&A & Adjourn (5mins)

Meeting minutes

GitHub username(s) not provided for:

• Abdul Rahman (NatWest)
• Vladimir Zateychuk

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Meeting Minutes

• New Participants:

  • Abdul Rahman (NatWest) and Vladimir Zateychuk introduced themselves as new joiners. Both encouraged to register for future meetings and provide GitHub usernames for tagging and participation tracking.

• Approval of Past Meeting Minutes:

  • Previous minutes (26th January 2026 - GitProxy Meeting Minutes #1364) were reviewed. Action items were discussed in detail rather than re-reading the document. No objections to approval.

• Proposal to Appoint Andy Pols as Maintainer:

  • Consensus reached to appoint @andypols as a Git Proxy maintainer, with majority maintainer approval. @kriswest to coordinate with FINOS to complete the process.

• v2 Release – Status and Readiness:

  • Outstanding issues remain, including a bug fix (PR fix: improve handling of repository clones in the .remote folder #1393) and test coverage.
  • Agreement to produce a new release candidate (RC) once blockers are resolved, followed by comprehensive manual testing.
  • Documentation versioning deemed non-blocking for v2.
  • Recent successful testing by @tabathad noted.
  • Plan to back up G-Research contributions with reviews to accelerate progress.

• Setting up CODEOWNERS:

  • Discussion on CODEOWNERS configuration; @jescalada to add @andypols once appointed.
  • Agreement to avoid single-person dependencies by ensuring fallback to the maintainers group.
  • All maintainers to review and update the branch for CODEOWNERS setup before next meeting.
  • @kriswest to liaise with FINOS regarding repository settings and review rights.

• e2e Test Issues:

  • Clarified that certain test data references are faked, not live.
  • @coopernetes to raise an issue and clean up naming for clarity.
  • Documentation improvements planned:
    • Better instructions in CONTRIBUTING.md for running E2E and other tests locally.
    • Rationalise developer documentation between repo and website; technical content to live in-repo, governance/process on the website.
    • @coopernetes volunteered to lead the documentation rationalisation.

• v2.1 Scope:

  • Brief discussion; SSH agent forwarding (G-Research), hybrid cache (@fabiovincenzi), annotated tag push
  • Improved logging highlighted for 2.0 release @RichardUri
  • @AndyPol to continue work on their 2.1 items.

• AOB, Q&A:

  • Use case shared by @andypols regarding Git Proxy for closed-source, cross-company collaboration (not just open source).
  • Discussion on Renovate PR/issue noise; suggestion to further automate merges if test coverage is sufficient.
  • @Andreybest volunteered to review and improve Renovate configuration.

Action Items

• @kriswest: Coordinate with FINOS to finalise @andypols appointment and update maintainers list.
• All maintainers: Review and update CODEOWNERS setup branch; avoid single-person dependencies; ensure appropriate fallback.
• @kriswest: Liaise with FINOS about enabling CODEOWNERS enforcement and review rights.
• @coopernetes:
  • Raise issue to clarify/fix e2e test naming.
  • Refactor/add developer setup/testing instructions to CONTRIBUTING.md, and rationalise structure with website documentation.
• @jescalada: Follow up with FINOS for guidance on container registry and Docker image publication best practice.
• @coopernetes: Backport fixes to 1.x #1320
• @sam-holmes2 / @06kellyjac: Resolve conflicts and finalise Apache-2.0 licence headers PR (fix: Add Apache-2.0 license headers to source files (2) #1253); @06kellyjac to take over if @sam-holmes2 is unavailable.
• @andypols: Continue UI JS/TS investigations (MUI upgrade/Tailwind transition) and keep team informed.
• @grovesy: Finalise and share proposal for notification system design using hooks.
• @tabathad: Finalise homepage fixes PR Update website homepage content #1277 and close LinkedIn testimonials item.
• @Andreybest: Review and improve Renovate configuration (reduce PR noise, improve title clarity).
• @kriswest: Write and post closure message for long-stale tracking pixel PR/issue.
• All: Continue to review/merge PRs and issues to complete v2 release checklist; support G-Research testing contributions.
• @coopernetes: Assign to review PR feat: Add MongoDB integration tests with CI support #1382 (integration tests).
• @andypols: Add improved rejection logging and error display to next UI release.
• @RichardUri: Finalise and update logging improvements PR (refactor: Improve logging in processors/action chain #1338) for possible inclusion in v2.

[coopernetes]

Tracking issue for 1.x backports: #1320

[kriswest]

Minutes and actions posted!

Minutes and actions posted!

Hi, @kriswest , registered for future meetings and my GitHub username is vzateychukRe for tagging and participation tracking.