ChimeraX Developer Meeting

Attendance: Eric, Zach, Tom, Greg

April 3, 2023

Agenda

• ChimeraX 1.6 release progress.
• Chimera/ChimeraX notarization scripts need updating, Apple deprecated altool command Fall 2023 ​#7234
• Arrow graphic for Mac dmg file
• ChimeraX Ideas milestone clean-up.
• Install Splunk on plato to monitor web services.
• Make Chimera release this year?
  • Opal will be shutdown on plato around mid-May, so release before that.
• Back up the Chimera build machine to a solid state drive, Windows 7?
• Toolshed bundle requirement checking
• Discuss possible OpenMM and VR improvements for Tristan and Altos to pursue

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Discussion

• Release candidates
  • ChimeraX 1.6 release candidates not yet made because Github changed their ssh private key. Then daily build lock file blocked builds. Zach has restarted builds.
  • Eric is fixing distance to centroids bug.
  • Zach is fixing new nfti file reader voxel size problem.
  • Tom will try to suppress setDarkBorderToWindow warning on Windows.
  • Tom will investigate Mac panels blank after deiconifying.
  • Greg is working on making a linux flatpak distribution.

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Action Items

• Present github continuous integration tutorial. Zach
• Beta releases on Toolshed - make ticket for this. Greg