DevNotes_30Jun2026

General updates (roundtable)

• Any technical meeting updates?

• Refactoring project updates?

• SASBDB integration project (Wojciech)

  • on hold till July

• Generic Scattering Calculator redesign working group

  • the webpage has been updated
  • A 3rd meeting will be scheduled to try to finalize a concept.
  • Would be nice to be in a position to start working on implementation at contributor camp

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

  • Wiki pages generated https://github.com/SasView/sasview/wiki/DevNotes_ModelsWG
  • Kickoff meeting delayed until...
  • Would be nice to be in a position to start working on implementation at contributor camp

• Contributor Camp XV - Prague -- UPDATES?

  • planning/info page

• Contributor Camp XVI - Paris

  • planning/info page
  • Need to submit the proposal by mid September

• 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 of testing. Any issues? Are we ready for the final release?

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• Code freeze started on 15th May.

  • Release checklist
  • New versions for SasModels (1.0.13) and SasData (0.12.1)
    • Tag v0.12.0 inadvertently generated. Version associated with SasView v6.2.0 will be a point release.
  • The latest betas available for testing:
    • SasView B1
    • SasModels B1
    • SasData B1
  • Enter issues as sub-issues of #3955
    • Bumps DREAM plots issue to be fixed in bumps v1.0.5 (forthcoming)
    • Release dependency lists not used to generate release (pins in requirements.txt?)

• Timeline:

  • Mid June: end of alpha testing, Beta1 release
  • ~June 24-26: Final release candidate
  • End of June/early July: full release

• Rules:

  • only bug fixes and documentation relevant to new features
  • no new models

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PRs

sasview: 27 open, 14 in draft

• Potentially for v6.2.0
  • #3967 Report backgrounds
  • #3975 Multiline log messages
  • #3977 Bumps pin
  • #3999 Send to Data Explorer Documentation
• 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
• New features
  • #3962 Size Distribution calculator clean up
  • #3963 Single kernel call for volume and intensity
  • #3965 Adds PDF report for Size Distribution
  • #3995 Undo/redo stack for perspectives
  • #3996 Fix invariant plot sliders
  • #3997 AUSAXS rigid body refinement

sasdata: 10 open, 7 in draft

• #207 Refactor averging.py and manipulations.py to use refactor Quantities
• #213 SasData Database
• #216 Trend Object Extended Work Potentially close the following:
• #62 Data Operation Interpolations: Superseded by refactor work
• #106 SasData Database: Superseded by #213
• #197 Refactor slicers: Potentially superseded by #207

sasmodels: 11 open, 6 in draft

• #722 Fractal S(Q) accuracy at small Q
• #730 Check adaptive example documentation - Possibly for sasmodels 1.1.0 final
• #737 Remove warnings from non-pd kernels
• Four models in the works - any updates?

sasview.github.io: 3 open

• #36 Auto-update contributors list on website
• #37 Consistent Acknowledgement on Website (Part 2)

Acknowledgements

Will turn these ideas into an ADR for further discussion and eventual adoption - Paul Butler

• How should we acknowledge contributing institutions? Do we continue to use logos? If so how do we decide?
• The suggestion we currently have is:
  • We will remove the logos from the SasView application and rephrase the wording to avoid listing institutions.
  • We will add lists of affiliations to the people page on sasview.org, alongside a separate list of contributor camp hosts.
  • We will also update the grants section of the people page, and the contributors.tsv file in the SasView repo.
• We currently have around 30 contributing institutions, over 20 of which are universities.
• General consensus is that having full lists of institutions and/or logos on sasview.org is easier than in the application itself.
• Please let us know of any grants that we may be missing.

ADRs sent out for review

• New code should be formatted using a linter
• Automating Release Processes

Help desk staffing

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

• Covered into October (thanks Marianne!)

AOB