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ChimeraX Developer Meeting

Attendance: Eric, Zach, Tom, Greg

April 10, 2023

Agenda

  • ChimeraX 1.6 release progress.
  • Make Chimera release about same time as ChimeraX 1.6.
    • Opal will be shutdown on plato around mid-May, so release before that.
  • Python updating plan, binary releases only available 1.5 years after each release.
  • Chimera/ChimeraX notarization scripts need updating, Apple deprecated altool command Fall 2023 #7234
  • ChimeraX Ideas milestone clean-up.
  • Install Splunk on plato to monitor web services.
  • 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

Discussion

  • Reading UTF-16 and UTF-32 files
    • Eric says SEQCROW gets errors reading utf-16 Orca files
    • bundle_info.xml declares the file is utf-8
    • Eric has made the utf-8 reading fallback to utf-16 and then utf-32 if unicode decode errors raised during read.
    • Should it go in 1.6 branch? Decided no, only daily build.
  • ChimeraX 1.6 release progress
    • Release candidates started about a week ago.
    • Tom fixed blank gui panels on deiconify on Mac
    • Tom suppressed setDarkBorderToWindow warning at startup on Windows.
    • Zach looking at nfti brain scan data that displays as solid black in image style, 1e-9 scaled values.
    • Looked at all 1.6 milestoned tickets, none required for release.
    • Zach remilestoned / closed his 1.6 tickets.
    • Greg on vacation until next week.
    • Tom going on vacation in 2 weeks.
    • Release must happen before May 1 for R01 grant annual report.

Action Items

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