Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Dev2022-3-10


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Mar 10, 2022, 3:56:48 PM (4 years ago)
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Tom Goddard
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  • Dev2022-3-10

    v1 v2  
    11= Attendees =
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    3 Eric, Greg, Zach
     3Eric, Greg, Zach, TomG, Scooter
     4
     5On-site in N453.
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    57= Agenda =
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    2729= Discussion =
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     31* Qt 6 in daily builds
     32  - Is it time to make daily builds use Qt 6?
     33  - 541 techpreview downloads by 151 unique IP addresses since Jan 28.
     34  - 3000 daily build downloads from 900 IP addresses in same time
     35  - Zach has all Qt 6 bugs fixed, except toolbar rollover arrow fixed in next Qt release.
     36  - For mid-May release would need late April release candidate.  Qt 6 in daily builds would give 1.5 months to release candidate.
     37  - Greg will put Qt 6 in daily builds today or tomorrow, except on old Linux (CentOS 7) that will remain Qt 5.
     38
     39* FlatPack for Linux distribution
     40  - Greg will explore packaging Linux ChimeraX distribution as a FlatPack.
     41  - Will see if Qt 6 with CentOS 7 can be packaged this way.
     42  - If Qt 6 works as FlatPack can release ChimeraX 1.4 with Qt 6 for older Linux.
     43  - Scooter thinks it is ok to investigate this but has doubts it will be feasible.  Spend minimal time needed to rule it out.
     44
     45* Reducing useless bug reports
     46  - TomG suggests dropping Windows and Linux crash reporting, too little useful info.
     47  - Could just comment out a few lines to not use Python faulthandler on those platforms.
     48  - Eric suggests waiting for Qt 6 in daily builds to see if it solves many Windows crashes in Open dialog.
     49  - Eric suggests different way to cut down less useful bug reports, only allow reports from most recent production release.
     50  - Error dialog would not offer Report a Bug button and instead say you should try the most recent release.
     51  - TomG suggests maybe allowing users to submit with older ChimeraX if the will provide their email address.
     52  - May be that duplicate submissions of fixed bugs from older ChimeraX are rather few compared to useless Windows/Linux crash reports.  So may not need to solve the duplicate submission problem.
     53
     54* Linux install instructions
     55  - Eric says Linux install command does not work when downloading with Mozilla because file does not go into Downloads directory.
     56  - Might have download page say the command may not work if the download location is different.
     57
    2958= Action Items =
    3059  - Present github continuous integration tutorial.  Zach