DevNotes_19May2026

General updates (roundtable)

• Technical meeting updates

  • Technical meetings occur fortnightly on Fridays in alternate weeks from this meeting - next is on 29th May.

• Refactoring project updates

  • Refactoring Hackathon II will take place 2/3 days in June
  • Jeff sent out a doodle poll - please fill it in.

• SASBDB integration project (Wojciech)

• Generic Scattering Calculator redesign working group

  • the webpage has been updated
  • when2meet page for early June - please fill it in.

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

Contributor Camp XV - Prague

• planning/info page

• first hotel option: Hermitage

  • nearby (10 min walk)
  • closer to restaurants

• considering another hotel option: Grand Hotel

  • cheaper
  • good amenities
  • decent place
  • bit further away (20 min walk)
  • metro station nearby

6.2.0 Release

• Code freeze started on 15th May.

• Alpha is available now

• Please download and test

• Release checklist

• New versions for SasModels (1.0.13) and SasData (0.12.0)

• Timeline:

  • Mid June: end of alpha testing and full code freeze
  • End of June: full release

• This is a feature release, so the main focus is on new features and major changes:

  • MultiSlicers by @jellybean2004 in
    #3758, #3806, #3832

  • Invariant refactor and improvements by @jellybean2004 in
    #3789, #3835, #3861, #3888, #3897

  • NavigationTool (Send to Data Explorer button on plots) by @ChristianWoegerbauer in
    #3763

  • UI/UX improvements and Corfunc refactor by @jellybean2004 in
    #3587, #3833, #3850

• PRs related to these (dependencies, patches) will be included in the alpha

• Major bug fixes will be included in the alpha

• Additional bug fixes and infrastructure changes to include: to be discussed

ADRs

• Defining the Release Process and the Release Manager Role: needs discussion
• Automating Release Processes
• New code should be formatted using a linter

Help desk staffing

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

• Covered through June (need summer coverage)