DevNotes_5May2026

General updates (roundtable)

• Technical meeting updates?

  • Attendees: Jeff, Paul S, Sujaya
  • Discussion about next refactoring hackathon
  • Quick PR run-down — assigned urgent ones to present devs
  • Discussed release-related ADRs:
    • Drafting is very large → split into smaller ADRs?
    • Needs further discussion at the fortnightly meeting
  • Need feedback for ADR: defining release process
  • What can be added after code freeze?
  • What to do with dev releases after a stable release?
  • What to include in release notes for dev releases: since the last stable or the last dev?

• Refactoring project updates?

  • 2/3 days in June
  • Jeff sent out doodle poll

• SASBDB integration project (Wojciech)

  • discussed Guinier approximation
  • need feedback on this prototype

• Generic Scattering Calculator redesign working group

  • the webpage has been updated

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

  • issues with models taking a long time

Contributor Camp XV - Prague

• planning/info page
• considering another hotel option: Grand Hotel
  • cheaper
  • good amenities
  • decent place
  • bit further away (20 min walk)

6.2.0 Release

• Release checklist

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

• Timeline:

  • 15 May: feature freeze
  • Shortly after (~18 May): alpha release
  • 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

Discussions:

• to create release branch from main, so include all PRs that have been merged\
• QtWebEngine to native browser switch to be added as a feature
• python 3.13 with support for 3.14 for next release
• there may be some slightly problematic PRs, like SAXS PR, but should be okay
• for the three new models, which are taking a lot of time, add for now -- mention that they will be improved in later releases
• for sasdata, merging 3 refactoring PRs

ADRs

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

PRs

SasView/sasview

https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pulls

Approved (3)

• #3940 - Fix copy/paste structure factor errors
• #3937 - Use the new, official digicert action
• #3918 - Release automation script rework

Need review (4)

• #3931 - Adds dummy err_data to residual data for slicers to work
• #3928 - Normalise wedge slicer phi to (-180,180]
• #3910 - Safe flag
• #3895 - v6.1.3 Changes

Need reviewers (1)

• #3938 - Fix invocation of compile_licenses.py

Drafts (13)

• #2315 - Sending data to fitting automatically plots the data (#2299)
• #2782 - Interpolation for operations
• #2940 - Plotting refactor
• #3006 - Refactoring Branch
• #3111 - Plotting refactor integration
• #3761 - Keep the tabbed plot widget inside the main window
• #3790 - 2091 slider option for parameters
• #3902 - undo_redo branch rebased to refactor_24
• #3912 - SASBDB export
• #3913 - Sasbdb load
• #3926 - check if the doc location is correct. Needs installer.
• #3932 - Upload Binaries On Tag
• #3821 - Use Node 24 for all actions to be sure no issues

SasView/sasmodels

https://github.com/SasView/sasmodels/pulls

Approved (2)

• #718 - Adding truncated tetrahedron model pure python
• #709 - Citation and contributors

Need review (5)

• #608 - Better integration
• #658 - Simple adaptive integration
• #694 - Adding a pure Python truncated octahedron model with Fibonacci orientation averaging
• #704 - Adding torus elliptical shell model
• #714 - Fuzzy sphere doc update

Need reviewers (2)

• #710 - Adaptive integration for truncated octahedron
• #722 - Verify accuracy of fractal S(q) for small q

Drafts (6)

• #449 - WIP: Spelling fixes in two_power_law model
• #665 - Send data mask from theory calculator into plotter
• #689 - Model for a mixture of two homopolymers (case 0 in rpa model)
• #705 - Add tetrapod model implementation
• #708 - Sasmodels shape visualization
• #719 - Aggregate and chain structure-factor models

SasView/sasdata

https://github.com/SasView/sasdata/pulls

Approved (2)

• #201 - remove autogen code
• #200 - Citation and contributors

Need reviewers (1)

• #202 - Enable Minimal Safety Net for CodeScene

Drafts (3)

• #62 - Interpolations for data operations
• #156 - Work on the SasData object definition
• #197 - Additional slicers for the refactor branch

Help desk staffing

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

• Covered through June (need summer coverage)