Attendees

• Eric, Greg, TomG, TomF, Elaine, Conrad

Agenda

• Action items
• ChimeraX
  • After 0.8 release
    • Update to Python 3.7
    • Update prereqs
    • Update Qt/PyQt
  • RBVI bundles on toolshed
    • Change build process to trim down list of bundles in standard release while still testing toolshed-only bundles
  • Remove support for session v1 and v2 from daily build
  • Toolbar and button bar unification
  • Stable APIs, #922
  • Documentation strategy
  • 1.0 features (roadmap)

Discussion

• ChimeraX
  • After 0.8 release
    • Update to Python 3.7, including prereqs
      • Only bug was getattr at module level is now a Python feature
      • line_profiler is now handled locally to regenerate Cython-generated C source file
      • PyTables needed to be given HDF location when built from source
    • OpenMM
      • CUDA 9.2 is the "default" version and what we include now
      • Need strategy for selecting "best" version per host
        • OpenMM packages are on Anaconda's repository
        • How does one ask Anaconda which is the right OpenMM package for the current host?
        • Ask Tristan when he visits (in March?)
    • Qt/PyQt5
      • 5.12 Qt is out, 5.12 PyQt5 is still in developer status (wait until PyQt5 is released)
      • PySide2
        • No history in browser widget, so no access to history API (no back, forward, etc)
        • Rapid Access, OpenGL, various layouts work
        • Most changes are importing from PySide2 instead of PyQt (only tested on Linux)
  • Putting RBVI bundles on toolshed
    • Want separate run-time vs build-time dependencies in bundle_info.xml
    • Visit the bundle-release page (from intranet) and release your bundles
    • Conrad is working on making bundles not install-able for incompatible ChimeraX versions
    • Need to segregate "standard" bundles from "extra" bundles
  • Remove support for session v1 and v2 from daily build
    • Replace old session reading code with message of "Use ChimeraX 0.8 to rewrite session to v3"
    • What happens when restoring a session that uses an uninstalled tool?
      • Remove warning about session format possibly changing when this works
  • Toolbar and button bar unification
    • Photoshop-style grouping button bars are nice, but frequently one wants to switch among buttons within the same group
    • Mechanism should be supported by Qt or HTML
    • User-configurable toolbars
    • What about MSWord-style ribbons or UIs from other applications?
    • Will we address this before 1.0?
  • Stable APIs
    • See action items
  • Move to github
    • Move to private RBVI github project
      • Easier to share with collaborators with github admin tools
      • "pull requests" should simplify enhancement/fix submission
      • will not happen that soon

Action Items

• Conrad will look at "git flow" for common practice
  • ​https://datasift.github.io/gitflow/IntroducingGitFlow.html
  • Conrad will make "git flow" ticket for 0.9 and master branch
• Greg will implement documentation virtual overlay symlink target
• Conrad will look for existing UI toolkit that implement Office-style ribbons. or some other well known app
• Greg will look for "standard" icon sets to replace our home-brewed ones