= ChimeraX Developer Meeting = Attendance: Greg, Tom, Eric November 13, 2023 = Agenda = * Updating prereqs, cython. * Antechamber and ffmpeg in Mac ChimeraX are Intel-only. Add ARM versions? Ticket #10132 * Release candidate progress. * Review ChimeraX 1.7 roadmap and tickets. * 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 * Log slow to update when it gets long, Tristan ticket #9909 * Create Grafana dashboards to monitor web services. * ViewDockX port to Qt progress * How long should code commits be added to release branch after release? * Make Chimera end-of-life bug report and registration changes for 1.18 release in Spring 2024. * Back up the Chimera build machine to a solid state drive, Windows 7. * ChimeraX Ideas milestone clean-up. -------------------------- = Discussion = * Update Cython - Eric says Cython version has advanced from version 0.29 to 3.0.5. - Supposed to have better Python 3 support. - Used by chimerax atomic data structures. - We should update after ChimeraX 1.7 release is made. * Intel-only Mac binaries - ffmpeg and AmberTools in Mac ChimeraX are Intel only. - This causes an error "Bad CPU architecture" if Rosetta is not installed. - Eric more than a year ago caught AmberTools error and showed warning saying to install Rosetta. - Today got ffmpeg bug report. Tom will try to find a Mac ARM ffmpeg binary and test and put into our builds. - Mac universal build output shows only two other binaries are Intel-only: OpenVR and libHoloPlay (LookingGlass display). VR is no longer supported on Mac and LookingGlass display will likely be out of business soon. So neither of those need ARM versions. * Reviewed ChimeraX 1.7 tickets - Greg working on ChimeraX registration add to annouce mailing list, mmCIF issue, flatpak distribution, Toolshed installed tools breaking build. * Windows 7 Chimera build machine backup - Do we need to backup Windows 7 Chimera build machine or is it ok to let it die and never build on Windows again? - Tom suggests we make some changes to Chimera before final release such as disconnecting Report a Bug and instead showing a message saying there will be no bug fixes and use ChimeraX. Also disconnect request to register. - Plan to have a final Chimera 1.18 release around the same time as ChimeraX 1.8 (May 2024) with end--of-life changes made. -------------------------- = Action Items =