= ChimeraX Developer Meeting =

Attendance: Eric, Zach, Tom, Greg

July 25, 2022

= Agenda =

* How to make users not run ChimeraX from DMG.
* Github Actions continuous integration
* Mac M1 port
* QtPy shim
* Make installing on the Mac more obvious
  * More download Notes?
  * README in .dmg?

== General ==

== ChimeraX ==
=== General ===

=== Build System ===
1) Supporting IDEs
  - may only need editable installs (will require workaround as namespace packages cannot be installed in this mode automatically)
  - editable installs should also let us call ChimeraX with Python for rapid iteration and the C launcher for detailed crash info
  - Zach mentioned PyCharm, LSP (Language Server Protocol), XCode
  - Greg mentioned Visual Studio 

2) API for getting C headers: get_include (see: numpy.get_include)
  - {{{native-packaging}}} moves bundle header and source files to {{{bundle/src/include/module}}} \
  - maybe just use header files?

3) API for getting library directories: get_libdir

4) macOS compiler call in Makefiles

=== Infrastructure ===
1) Beta releases on Toolshed

2) Decoupling core bundle version number from the ChimeraX release number

3) Prereq audit after 27 June 

4) arm64 port

== Chimera ==
1) Back up the build machine to a solid state drive

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= Discussion =

* Mac install, drag from dmg
  - Could have dmg show an arrow to drag ChimeraX to /Applications.  Ticket #1880
  - Greg has added text to the Notes field on the download page say to drag ChimeraX to Applications.

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= Action Items =
  - Present github continuous integration tutorial.  Zach