Attendees

Eric, Greg, Zach, TomG

On-site in N453.

Agenda

• Zach presenting Python packaging modernization

• ChimeraX
  • Review ChimeraX 1.4 tickets.
  • ChimeraX 1.4 release candidate bug review.
  • Are Windows open dialog crashes fixed?
  • Upgrade Trac to mysql for better reliability.
  • Is Windows crash reporting ever useful? Should we disable it? Will Qt 6.2 fix spurious file dialog errors?
  • Should we remove pywin32 (20 MBytes) and wmi used only to report computer model in bug reporter on Windows? Ticket #5528
  • Task termination at app quit
  • Rename ChimeraX.exe on Windows?
  • Should we go to Python 3.10 in 1.5?
  • Should we decouple the core bundle version number from the ChimeraX release version?

• Chimera
  • Switch Chimera daily builds from Windows 7 to Windows 10

• Action items

Discussion

• ChimeraX 1.4 release progress
  • No critical bugs fixed so far, only minor fixes
  • Greg will put in minor toolbar fix only used by Tristan
  • Plan to release in 1 week if no new critical bugs arise
  • TomG will remove WIndows crash reporting now from 1.4 branch

• Zach gave talk on modernizing ChimeraX packaging
  • Improvements to how Python wheel files are made and organization of build process
  • Provide a link to Zach's slides here.

Action Items

• Present github continuous integration tutorial. Zach
• Remove pkg-config prereq if it is not being used for builds. Tom