= ChimeraX Developer Meeting =

Attendance: Eric, Zach, Tom

December 5, 2022

= Agenda =

* PyQt 6.4 working?
* Remove UI bundle from toolshed?
* Update prereqs now?
* ChimeraX 1.5.1 release needed?  RCSB ligands.  Backport fixes (Eric)?
* ChimeraX 1.6 roadmap.
* Make Chimera release this year?
* Back up the Chimera build machine to a solid state drive, Windows 7?
* Toolshed bundle requirement checking
* Discuss possible OpenMM and VR improvements for Tristan and Altos to pursue
* Arrow graphic for Mac dmg file

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= Discussion =

* Reviewed twitter mentions of ChimeraX
  - Youtube tutorial using SEQCROW Conformation Search tool
  - OpenAI ChatGPT chat bot advising on ChimeraX command usage.

* ChatGPT
  - Confuses ChimeraX and Chimera
  - Does not understand atomspec syntax.
  - Zach says it was trained on 2018 online data.
  - Diplomatic.
  - Not ready to replace us.

* Chimera release, when?
  - Wynton upgrade CentOS 7 to Rocky 8 in Spring 2023 will be the end of Opal web services.
  - Eric will see if Opal web services can be replaced with ChimeraX ones.

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= Action Items =
  - Present github continuous integration tutorial.  Zach
  - Beta releases on Toolshed - make ticket for this. Greg