Attendees

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

Agenda

• Action items
• ChimeraX
  • ChimeraX on RedHat6/CentOS7
  • Tristan's REST proposal
  • Permissions on ChimeraX wiki *
  • RBVI bundles on toolshed
    • Change build process to trim down list of bundles in standard release while still testing toolshed-only bundles
  • Stable APIs, #922
  • Documentation strategy
  • 1.0 features (roadmap)

Discussion

• ChimeraX
  • ChimeraX on CentOS6
    • Genentech is running ChimeraX on CentOS7 server and remote displaying to CentOS6 workstations (90% of their WS)
    • Want to run directly on CentOS6
    • Building for CentOS6 is a pain because Qt wheels do not run on CentOS6 (QtWebEngine needs newer C library => new run-time loader)
    • RedHat6 cannot run CentOS7 Singularity image
    • RH6/CentOS6 EOL 11/25/2020
    • ChimeraX won't run on CentOS6 after some effort
  • ChimeraX on CentOS7
    • SteamVR does not run on CentOS7, so no ChimeraX VR
    • Need to add VR platform warnings
  • Tristan's REST proposal
    • Conrad will investigate how Tristan's mechanism works and start discussion on what style of REST is best (how to specify arguments, etc.)
  • Permissions on ChimeraX wiki
    • Should move ancient crud to archeological part of site
    • Option 1:
      • Adopt Chimera wiki permission plugin
      • Move selected private links to protected area (are there any?)
      • Open most of site
    • Option 2:
      • Two wikis
  • 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
    • Need to segregate "standard" bundles from "extra" bundles
  • 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

• Greg will update Linux notes on download page
• Greg will add "VR Notes" link below "Platform Notes" link (https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/vr.html)
• TomG will update warning on linked page
• Conrad will investigate how Tristan's mechanism works and start discussion on what style of REST is best (how to specify arguments, etc.)