ChimeraX Developer Meeting

Attendance: Greg, Tom, Eric

October 24, 2023

Agenda

• Make branch and release candidate?
• 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
  • Went through about 15 tickets milestoned 1.7 owned by Greg.
  • Prioritized 4 toolshed tickets that may all be the same bug that need fixing before release candidate made.
  • Will make release candidate after plato is back up after maintenance if Toolshed bugs have been fixed.
  • Additional 10 or so tickets Greg will work on during release candidate phase.
  • Several of the tickets are mmCIF reading or writing problems, some effecting Tristan and Phenix.

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Action Items