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name: DIALS meeting 2020-12-09
tags: meeting notes
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# DIALS meeting 2020-12-09

### xia2 source layout
This slightly broke things. But were fixed by removing `.pyc`s. MG added comment to ticket to make the error message and fix discoverable. RG picked up DIALS documentation breakage, MG working on xia2 documentation breakage.

### Background modelling with ice rings
`dials.model_background` doesn't work.
https://journals.iucr.org/m/issues/2017/05/00/hi5646/index.html

### Sausage modelling
`dials.wurst` is a half-baked idea to allow non-cuboid shoeboxes to put banana-shaped spots in.

### DIALS discussions
https://github.com/dials/dials/discussions

'request for comment' issues have been moved to discussions.

### Next meeting
No meeting, because Christmas 🎄