Chimera Developers Meeting - May 23, 2013

1.8 release

• 1.8 release code is signed
• Conrad will add code to remove .matplotlib directory when a version change is detected

Chimera 2.0 Progress and Notes

• Greg has updated Chimera 2 source to Python 3.3.2, Qt5, PyQt5
  • compiles on Mac and Linux
  • test framework works
  • still uses OpenGL 2 calls
• TomG has discovered 7 bugs in Qt5 so far
  • we may have to commit resources to fixing Qt5 bugs since several of these were reported many years ago
  • perhaps we should look into support contract from Digia?

Chimera 2.0 TODO

• Greg
  • move from OpenGL 2 to OpenGL 3
  • get OpenGL 3.2 shaders into test framework
  • compile on Windows 7 (need to create vm build machine)
  • switch from gcc to clang on Mac
• Eric
  • working on residue template library
  • compile and test on Mac
  • commit into git repository
  • add to build
• TomG
  • bring over volume commands (but not GUI) from Chimera 1
  • integrate prototype with framework
  • commit prototype code into git repository
  • experiment with grouping and tiling UI
    • important use case of looking at many (hundreds) structures from single source, e.g., docking results and ensembles
• Conrad
  • move web/wsgi code into repository
  • set up web server to access repository code
  • run test framework as backend