DevNotes_14Jul2026

General updates (roundtable)

• Welcome Erik!

• Any technical meeting updates?

  • Technical meeting notes - July 10
  • SasView 6.2.0b2 released
  • Main focus was resolving the remaining release blockers and preparing for final testing
  • License file update - input needed
  • Two ADRs to be finalized (below)

• Refactoring project updates?

• SASBDB integration project (Wojciech)

• Generic Scattering Calculator

  • Updated latest mock-up

• Sasmodels working group (refactoring project and marketplace vs core etc) (Paul)

• Contributor Camp XV - Prague -- UPDATES?

  • planning/info page
  • Need to turn working group discussions into concrete Contributor Camp tasks

• Mailing lists.

  • Migrating to a new server in the next few weeks

  • AND, in the process, upgrading from MM2 to MM3

    • SHOULD be no change for mail recipients (except for few minutes glitch in receipts)
    • IF you manage your list account - you will need to create a new one using the email address you receive email on.
    • Archives will be more easily searchable (and indexable?)
    • mail should handle modern security much better.

6.2.0 Release - Sujaya

Discussion on status

• SasView 6.2.0b2

• status of Beta2 testing

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

• status of reported 6.2 bugs

  • #3976 - mitigated by the new macOS drag-and-drop installer #4030
  • #4018 - fixes included in Beta2

• Any new blockers?

• Updated timeline:

  • July 9: Beta2 release
  • July 9-14: focused testing
  • July 14: assess remaining blockers and decide whether a release candidate is required
  • Final release: date to be agreed based on Beta2 testing

Discussions

• Contributor Camp XVI - Paris

  • Need to submit the proposal by mid September
  • Biggest decision now = dates. Preferences and when do avoid (SAS2027 for example but how far separated?)

• SAS2027

  • Should we schedule a community meeting (as in Traverse City - SAS2018)?
  • Should we think about training sessions of some kind?
  • Are there proposal or session submission deadlines?

• ADRs sent out for review

  • New code should be formatted using a linter - final approval
  • Release automation

PRs

sasview:

• v6.2.0 and recent release work

  • #4046 Remove old cards in What's New
  • #4047 Merge 6.2.0b2 into main
  • #4048 Update What's New text and screenshot for Freeze Dataset

• New dependency PRs - merge after 6.2.0?

  • #4049 Bump soupsieve
  • #4050 Bump python-engineio
  • #4051 Bump python-socketio
  • #4052 Bump pypdf
  • #4053 Bump msgpack

• CI related

  • #3842 Add pixi configuration
  • #3932 Attach binaries to release page on tag
  • #3947 Cancel concurrent nightly builds
  • #3974 Allow pytest from base project directory - NEEDS FINAL FUNCTIONALITY REVIEW - butler

• Old bug fixes and feature upgrades

  • #3910 Safe flag - APPROVED
  • #3962 Size Distribution calculator clean up - APPROVED
  • #3963 Single kernel call for volume and intensity - approved but failing
  • #3965 Adds PDF report for Size Distribution
  • #3995 Undo/redo stack for perspectives
  • #3996 Fix invariant plot sliders
  • #4009 Size Distribution trust bar
  • #4017 Update Size Distribution UI to fit in screen
  • #4035 Update navigation icons for the What's New window

• SASBDB integration

  • #3912 Export to SASBDB - DRAFT
  • #3913 Load from SASBDB - DRAFT

sasmodels: 11 open

• #704 Torus with elliptical shell model - APPROVED?
• #705 Tetrapod model - APPROVED?
• #719 Aggregate and chain structure-factor models - active review
• #722 Fractal S(Q) accuracy at small Q
• #730 Check adaptive example documentation - Possibly for sasmodels 1.1.0 final - READY??
• #737 Remove warnings from non-pd kernels
• #743 Add peak_voigt model - NEW
• #744 Update header comment in truncated_octahedron.py

sasdata: 9 open

• #217 Averaging and manipulations refactor - APPROVED?
• #213 SasData Database - needs conflict resolution and reviewers
• #216 Trend Object Extended Work
• #219 Remove Absolute Temperature

Help desk staffing

https://github.com/SasView/sasview/wiki/DevNotes_HelpDesk

• Check summer coverage

AOB