July 19, 2010

Attendees: Eric, Conrad, Greg, TomG, YZ, Elaine

Action Items

• Conrad: report back on OSL parsing code
• Greg: try reconfiguring side view buttons

Items

1. Command line use of sequences - YZ/Scooter
   • Modeller tool command line must be able to name sequences specifically
   • If the main purpose if for Cytoscape-Chimera link, is it better to run Modeller on Cytoscape side?
2. Atom specifier for surface pieces - TomG
   • Conrad will review OSL code and report on how to hook into parser
3. Update embedded software - Conrad
   • Python 2.7 - Greg
     • TomG is looking into subprocess module changes that broke msms
   • freetype 2.4 - Greg
   • matplotlib font cache - flush font cache if you get traceback
4. Update chimera/1.4.1/stereo.html
   • Where should this page be in web site?
   • What else needs to be on this page?
   • More generally, what are our graphics recommendations?
   • TomG will make a "index" wiki page for hardware recommendations that point to other mail messages, web pages, etc. and fix up stereo.html to point to the index page
5. 1.5 release schedule - Conrad
   • Loose ends
     • Windows 64-bit build
     • Side view layout
     • Default Mac distribution (Cocoa vs Aqua) (X11 as alternative?)
     • CMS
   • September 1 freeze date
   • TomG, Elaine and Eric will review Cocoa bug list
6. Distributing IMP code with Chimera - TomG
   • Local vs web service
   • Local option - better performance, more work to build and distribute
   • Web service - single build, simpler licensing?
   • Strategic decision needs presence of TomF and Scooter
   • YZ will get details on IMP license terms
7. CIF2 - Conrad
   • Move to CIF2 when mmCIF is upgraded
   • TomG will scan CIF2 document to see if there's anything interesting
8. Meeting adjourned
9. Enhancement request tracking
   • What's the best way to make everyone's TODO lists available and/or shared?