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name: DIALS core meeting 2022-10-13
tags: core meeting
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# DIALS core meeting 2022-10-13
## Previous Actions
- [ ] ND to review: TOFBeam - A time-of-flight beam in dxtbx [`cctbx/dxtbx#492`](https://github.com/cctbx/dxtbx/pull/492) ([prev](https://dials.github.io/kb/core/2022-03-03#proposal-for-a-time-of-flight-beam-in-dxtbx))
- David McD going to revisit this and push for PR merges in context, ignore for now but will be coming up very soon - there are people with a great need for this!
- [ ] `std::string` support for messagepack. This is used in XFEL module, should try to fix. [`dials/dials#1858`](https://github.com/dials/dials/issues/1858).
- [ ] Is using pickle until this is fixed, so probably good to do
- [ ] AB Added to codecamp list. Might get to this!
- [ ] **AB**: Complete coordinate updates (Fix beam center and intensity readout of pixel coordinates)
- [x] **JBE**: Run tests on https://github.com/dials/dials/pull/2128
- [ ] **GW**: Checks to see what https://github.com/cctbx/dxtbx/issues/559 affects.
- [ ] **AB**: Make PR for above
- [ ] **Nick** Investigate getting `psana` tests running on the DIALS xfel-regression testing
- [x] **AB**: Create a PR for "Equipment components"
- [ ] **RG**: Review this
## Agenda
### Dropping Data Blocks
https://github.com/cctbx/dxtbx/pull/504
- [x] GW PR
- [x] After PR/PRs, ASB to contact e.g. Mike Wall about this, too.
- GW thinks reasonable to merge when these concerns addressed
- Waiting on AB now, will get sorted as soon as can
- Progress!
- DataBlock in Lunus is one of the outstanding issues
- AB Identified scripts, Mike Wall agreed that they should be deprecated
- **This is Done!** Was entirely in deprecated scripts that weren't being used any more
- XFEL repos are still WIP
- [ls49](https://github.com/nksauter/LS49)
- [cxid9114](https://github.com/dermen/cxid9114) (this should be fixed)
- Planned time to work on this stuff in October
### AOB?
### DXTBX Demonstration
- From image viewer workshop
- https://gist.github.com/phyy-nx/6a04745e960f183fa4ff52ab99c2efa3
- Write a one page summary on projecting resolution rings onto a matplotlib image
- [x] **GW to create an issue tracking this** -> https://github.com/cctbx/dxtbx/issues/562
### Low memory/Sparse memory refinement
- Came up in conversation
- Various obstables
### Setuptools
- Several breaking changes in recent versions
- Setuptools/editable installs changes recently, fixing in PR https://github.com/cctbx/cctbx_project/pull/802
- No direct effect on dials because we pin setuptools
- **ND**: Unpin setuptools at some point
### Next meeting
Thursday, October 27th, 4pm (BST), 8am (PDT)