ChimeraX Developer Meeting

Attendance: Zach, Tom, Eric

October 23, 2023

Agenda

• Make branch and release candidate today?
• Review ChimeraX 1.7 roadmap and tickets.
• WSL version? Better WSL support?
• Log slow to update when it gets long, Tristan ticket #9909
• Worm ribbon implementation, ticket #9942
• Tristan Toolshed install dependency issues, Ticket #9861, blocking Clipper update #9786
• Tristan, bundle version number not reported correctly. Ticket #9873
• Install Grafana on plato to monitor web services.
• ViewDockX port to Qt progress
• How does ChimeraX code that needs an optional bundle on Toolshed query for it?
  • Implications for library distribution
• How long should code commits be added to release branch after release?
• Back up the Chimera build machine to a solid state drive, Windows 7.
• ChimeraX Ideas milestone clean-up.

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Discussion

• ChimeraX 1.7 release candidate
  • Eric, Zach and Tom ready for release candidates
  • Not sure if Greg is ready, did not attend meeting.
  • Reviewed 1.7 tickets. Greg has about half-dozen that look important to fix for 1.7. About 10 others look like they can be remilestoned.
  • Will schedule new meeting as soon as Greg available this week and remilestone tickets and assess remaining tickets. Then decide if release candidate must be delayed.

• Wynton downtime
  • Wynton down Monday October 30 - Friday Nov 3, possibly fewer days.
  • Any way we can keep ChimeraX web site and downloads running? Greg would know best. Seems hard.
  • Bug report and mailing list email will be held on cgl mail server until plato comes back up.
  • We will announce downtime Thursday and/or Friday, user list and Twitter.

• ChimeraX for Windows System on Linux (WSL)
  • User asked about making ChimeraX work on WSL.
  • Zach says he installed ChimeraX on Ubuntu 22 WSL installation and it ran two months ago. Says it is significantly slower than running on Windows.
  • Zach believes a ChimeraX on Windows can read and write files written by WSL.
  • Tom will ask user what their WSL ChimeraX problem is.

• Phenix workshop in Kansas
  • Zach will give ChimeraX cryoEM talk/demo/tutorial at Phenix workshop at Kansas University, November 9.
  • He could show Phenix douse or emplace_local tools using ChimeraX interface.
  • Need to install Phenix and test with workshop version.
  • Also should show basic cryoEM viz in ChimeraX.
  • Zach on vacation, back Oct 30.

• Grafana web services monitoring
  • Zach and Greg have not worked on it since last meeting.

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Action Items