Week 9

(July 29, 2025 – August 5, 2025)

Meetings

Meeting 9.1

(August 1, 2025)

Attendees

• Vaibhav Sahu
• Jan Altenberg

Discussion Points

• Reviewed the recently raised PR for multiprocessing functionality in the ScanCode agent.
• Reviewed the error that i am facing on FOSSology dump.
• Outlined next steps for FOSSology Dump enhancements.

Meeting 9.2

(August 5, 2025)

Attendees

• Vaibhav Sahu
• Kaushlendra
• Sushant
• Shaheem Azmal M MD

Discussion Points

Functionalities Overview

FOSSology Dump Export — Uses MD5 hashes of files and filenames to store license clearing data, copyright cleanup, and configuration info in a JSON.

FOSSology Dump Import — Reads the JSON, matches MD5 hashes with uploaded files, and applies the corresponding clearing decisions.

Current Problem

• Works only if:

  • Upload name and version are identical.
  • Both export and import instances are on the same commit/version.

• Goal:

  • Make import/export work across any version of the upload on any instance with the required agents.

Other Topics Discussed

• PR feedback:
  • Add proper logging mechainism to ScanCode agent.
  • Remove global variables from common-sysconfig and move them to agent-specific config.

Updates

• Multiprocessing implementation for ScanCode agent submitted.
• Began exploring FOSSology Dump limitations and potential fixes.
• Identified two improvements: structured logging and configuration refactoring.

Plan for Next Week

Continue investigation into FOSSology Dump issues by running small-scale tests and fix the pr.