Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Dev2023-9-11

Timestamp:

Sep 11, 2023, 12:54:11 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

Tom Goddard

Comment:

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Dev2023-9-11

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-= ChimeraX Developer Meeting =
+y= ChimeraX Developer Meeting =
 
-Attendance: Eric, Zach, Tom, Greg, Mikhail
+Attendance: Eric, Zach, Tom, Greg
 
 September 11, 2023
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 = Discussion =
 
+* mdtraj pip install error
+  - Bundle developer Barry has had problems getting C source code mdtraj PyPi package to install.
+  - Eric will advise Barry how to include the compiled mdtraj in his bundle for Linux, and possibly for Windows and Mac.
+  - Greg and Zach discussed pip install technical issues about getting the bundles into the ChimeraX user location.
+  - Greg will try to figure out the mdtraj pip install error when installing Barry's bundle and report this Thursday.
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+* ChimeraX library, user commands and Toolshed
+  - Need to include toolshed in library since every bundle __init__.py imports it.
+  - Won't have toolshed module contact web server when using library.
+  - Would like user commands to be runnable with the Python run() function as this is used in many Python scripts.
+  - Commands are registered by Toolshed using distinfo files in site-packages that include command declarations that came from bundle_info.xml or pyproject.toml.
+  - In a future library release we can try to make run() work to execute user commands.
+
+* Qt imports for ChimeraX library
+  - Qt won't be part of ChimeraX library so code we provide should not import Qt even if it is not used.
+  - Greg made the ChimeraX app in nogui mode give an error if Qt imported, and this broke the sequence alignment header nogui test suite code.
+  - Decided we should not generate an error when Qt imported in ChimeraX app in nogui since this will break user scripts.  We need to do adequate testing before making such a change.  Also Toolshed bundles are likely to have top level Qt imports in custom init code.
 
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