From 2ff0e9bd29dcfdf71d9adafd0049a8a4fdc17dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dat-adi Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 21:42:19 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Updated December 2020 Added content into the December 2020 update. --- content/updates/december2020.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/updates/december2020.md b/content/updates/december2020.md index 7487b48..976b045 100644 --- a/content/updates/december2020.md +++ b/content/updates/december2020.md @@ -4,13 +4,33 @@ weight = 40 +++ # December 2020 +## Northstar + +As the development on [Northstar](@/services/northstar.md) nears the completion phase, +updates on it have slowed down, and the only updates that were made during this +stage mostly comprises of configuration updates. +These updates were mostly related to bootstrapping [DynaConf](https://www.dynaconf.com/), +and fixing issues with the rendering of the `docs` or the main website itself. + +## Interface A test suite was developed for the Gitea ecosystem, and a refactor was performed on the various structures to leverage the functionality provided by [dataclasses](https://docs.python.org/3/library/dataclasses.html). -Error handling was set up for the client side, and an implementation of a forking -mechanism was developed, followed by the forking mechanism for the Gitea forge. - -An authentication mechanism was developed to implement Matrix's [signed JSON](https://github.com/matrix-org/python-signedjson) +Error handling mechanisms were set up for the client side, and an implementation of a +forking mechanism was developed, followed by the forking mechanism for the Gitea forge. +Realising the need for validation of a request to an actor, an authentication +mechanism was developed to implement Matrix's [signed JSON](https://github.com/matrix-org/python-signedjson) feature, but, was later replaced in favor of [HTTP Signatures](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cavage-http-signatures). +The database and endpoints were refactored to accommodate features implemented +by the previous updates to the codebase. Subsequently, this was followed up with an +id implementation to support the lazy loading of data. + +## References +These are a list of the Pull Requests where the following updates took place for the +organization. + +- Forking Implementation :: [#34](https://github.com/forgeflux-org/interface/commit/5c9f61d60ce069963da7abc761b9ba3d81c8883a) +- Authentication :: [#36](https://github.com/forgeflux-org/interface/commit/5cc206cbe5be83cedac14949a537baad4c6351e3) +- DB Refactor :: [#39](https://github.com/forgeflux-org/interface/commit/57c9a085b38f8c3bab7975e18d21e4455ad3cac9), [#40](https://github.com/forgeflux-org/interface/commit/d9d785ca116e9a2bb9a40cf3eaa16a8b275d1593)