| 1 | = ChimeraX Developer Meeting = |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Attendance: Eric, Zach, Tom, Greg |
| 4 | |
| 5 | April 10, 2023 |
| 6 | |
| 7 | = Agenda = |
| 8 | |
| 9 | * ChimeraX 1.6 release progress. |
| 10 | * Make Chimera release about same time as ChimeraX 1.6. |
| 11 | - Opal will be shutdown on plato around mid-May, so release before that. |
| 12 | * Python updating plan, binary releases only available 1.5 years after each release. |
| 13 | * Chimera/ChimeraX notarization scripts need updating, Apple deprecated altool command Fall 2023 [https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/trac/ChimeraX/ticket/7234 #7234] |
| 14 | * ChimeraX Ideas milestone clean-up. |
| 15 | * Install Splunk on plato to monitor web services. |
| 16 | * Back up the Chimera build machine to a solid state drive, Windows 7? |
| 17 | * Toolshed bundle requirement checking |
| 18 | * Discuss possible OpenMM and VR improvements for Tristan and Altos to pursue |
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| 21 | -------------------------- |
| 22 | = Discussion = |
| 23 | |
| 24 | * Reading UTF-16 and UTF-32 files |
| 25 | - Eric says SEQCROW gets errors reading utf-16 Orca files |
| 26 | - bundle_info.xml declares the file is utf-8 |
| 27 | - Eric has made the utf-8 reading fallback to utf-16 and then utf-32 if unicode decode errors raised during read. |
| 28 | - Should it go in 1.6 branch? Decided no, only daily build. |
| 29 | |
| 30 | * ChimeraX 1.6 release progress |
| 31 | - Release candidates started about a week ago. |
| 32 | - Tom fixed blank gui panels on deiconify on Mac |
| 33 | - Tom suppressed setDarkBorderToWindow warning at startup on Windows. |
| 34 | - Zach looking at nfti brain scan data that displays as solid black in image style, 1e-9 scaled values. |
| 35 | - Looked at all 1.6 milestoned tickets, none required for release. |
| 36 | - Zach remilestoned / closed his 1.6 tickets. |
| 37 | - Greg on vacation until next week. |
| 38 | - Tom going on vacation in 2 weeks. |
| 39 | - Release must happen before May 1 for R01 grant annual report. |
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| 41 | -------------------------- |
| 42 | = Action Items = |
| 43 | - Present github continuous integration tutorial. Zach |
| 44 | - Beta releases on Toolshed - make ticket for this. Greg |