Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of 2016-12-22


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Dec 22, 2016, 2:49:11 PM (9 years ago)
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Conrad Huang
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  • 2016-12-22

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     1= Attendees =
     2
     3  Conrad, Elaine, Eric, Greg, Scooter, TomF
     4
     5= Agenda =
     6  * ChimeraX public pre-release
     7    * Cache behavior
     8    * Mac distribution method
     9    * Linux distribution method
     10    * Download URL
     11    * Compiling source packages
     12  * Best strategy on how to update pypi dependencies
     13  * Chimera 1 update
     14    * New EDS URL
     15    * New (to us) Dunbrack rotamer library
     16
     17= Discussion =
     18  * ChimeraX pre-release
     19    * ~~Cache behavior
     20      - CCD cache location should be documented and managed manually
     21      - No mechanism (for now) for checking whether cached file is up to date
     22    * ~~Mac distribution method
     23      - TomG will take a look at why dragging from dmg results in app failure on first open
     24      - TomG will update the dmg compression method
     25    * ~~Linux distribution method
     26      - Sticking with .tar.gz
     27      - Greg will see if any libraries are missing for CentOS 7
     28    * ~~chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu will be separate from chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu
     29    * Download URL
     30      - Elaine will push preview changes to www
     31  * Best strategy on how to update pypi dependencies
     32    * Greg changed install command so that updates will not be installed if sufficiently new package is already installed
     33    * Test new package versions periodically.  What is the easiest way of doing this?  Get list of updated packages weekly.
     34    * Change all >= to == now
     35  * Chimera 1 update
     36
     37== Action Items ==
     38  * ~~TomG will look into Mac distribution method
     39  * ~~Conrad will create ChimeraX users mailing list
     40  * ~~Elaine will create feedback page to reference mailing list once it is made
     41  * ~~Eric will add Help->Contact Us menu item
     42  * ~~Conrad will make symlink from /download.html to /docs/download/chimerax.html
     43  * ~~Eric will change dependencies from >= to ==
     44  * Greg will write a script to identify pypi updated packages weekly
     45  * Greg will identify libraries missing from CentOS 7
     46  * Elaine will push download URL to www
     47
     48== Alpha-release features remaining to be completed (from site visit presentation) ==
     49  * ~~Clean up cache directories (too many of 'em as it stands)
     50  * Sequences and alignments
     51  * Saving and restoring sessions
     52  * Hydrogen bond finder
     53  * Full Toolshed semantics
     54  * More cartoon fixes
     55
     56== Additional alpha-release possible features ==
     57
     58 * Write PDB format
     59 * Improved writing of mmCIF format
     60
     61== High priority tickets for alpha-release ==
     62 * #473 Create Linux installer and distribute necessary system libraries. Greg
     63 * #469 HTML link to open local file should be interpreted relative to HTML file location. Greg
     64
     65== Medium priority tickets for alpha-release ==
     66 * ~~#472       ChimeraX "open" command format-specification issues. Greg
     67 * #418 problems with help command new-viewer option. Greg
     68 * #412 Fails to start on Mac with comma in app name. Conrad
     69 * #370 links from Help viewer to external pages give traceback in Qt version. Greg
     70 * #235 Compressed session files should have suffix .cxs instead of .cxs.gz. Greg
     71 * #69  Atom spec parsing does not preserve model or chain order. Conrad
     72
     73== Low priority tickets for alpha-release ==
     74 * ~~#449       Volume planes on multiple data display is erratic. TomG
     75 * ~~#447       Transparency command on volumes undone when contour level changes. TomG
     76 * #417 Help viewer suggestions. Greg
     77 * #367 Error after deleting all atoms. Eric
     78 * ~~#299       Ability to add tool-specific keywords to open command. Greg
     79 * #236 Saving a session with an unknown model type gives an error. Greg
     80 * #439 Fix signing of Windows installers. Conrad
     81 * ~~#502 Findclash misleading and wrong. Conrad
     82
     83== More discussion needed ==
     84 * #342 Convert from cxhelp/cxcmd schemes to http scheme. Conrad
     85 * #259 Tools should not save in sessions by default. Greg
     86 * #251 Session save/restore slow. Greg
     87 * #61  Rendering takes minutes, Mac Nvidia Geforce GT 330M graphics. TomG
     88
     89== Check and close ==
     90 * ~~#411       Copyright messes up Mac installer html. Conrad
     91 * #378 Atom spec parsing stops at non-whitespace. Conrad
     92 * ~~#327       Log stops updating beyond 2 Mbyte size. TomG
     93 * ~~#318       Colourlovers palette message logged above command. TomG
     94 * #284 handle mmCIF with missing sequence information. Greg
     95 * #283 Curved helix tubes. Conrad
     96 * ~~#239       File... Save GUI save image adds ".cxs" before image suffix. Greg
     97 * ~~#214       Save image dialog bitrot. Conrad
     98 * #198 finish session molecular data save/restore. Conrad
     99 * ~~#150       Ribbon slow creation. Conrad
     100 * #140 Provide common database fetching routines. Greg
     101 * ~~#70        log tool doesn't cleanup when deleted. Eric
     102 * #62  Register file fetch using database name. Greg
     103 * ~~#49        Better warning message if oculus fails to start. TomG