--- name: DIALS core meeting 2023-09-21 tags: core meeting --- # DIALS core meeting 2023-09-21 ## Previous Actions - [ ] **ND**: PR to remove `std::string` support for messagepack from dials code - [ ] **ND** Investigate getting `psana` tests running on the DIALS xfel-regression testing - [ ] **JBE:** Solve "multiplex: Duplicate Batch offsets detected" [xia2#430](https://github.com/xia2/xia2/issues/430) ([prev](https://dials.github.io/kb/core/2023-06-15#xia2multiplex-fails-because-duplicate-batch-offsets-detected)) (not urgent) - [ ] **ND** or **DW**: Cannot view reciprocal lattice using dials.reciprocal_lattice_viewer [#2443](https://github.com/dials/dials/issues/2443) - Probably needs someone to dig into windows gltbx behaviour, or at least work out where issue lies - Reports from CCP4 workshop that people are having issue on latest ubuntu - **ND**: Investigate using stable-nightly conda builds of cctbx (e.g. cctbx tests) longer term ## Agenda ### SerialTBX status update ([prev](https://dials.github.io/kb/core/2023-06-15#removing-circular-xfel-dependencies-with-serialtbx)). - [cctbx#872](https://github.com/cctbx/cctbx_project/pull/872) now marked ready for review - Awaiting NKS approval - dxtbx will break when changes applied, until next cctbx release - Planning to switch to cctbx nightly for dxtbx/dials tests - **ND**: Update CI to do this, let AB know when ready to merge ### DIALS-support "Error importing .cbf files using DIALS" - [dials#2488](https://github.com/dials/dials/issues/2488) - Pilatus3 1M at BL02B1, SPRING-8 appears to be transposed!!??!? - Graeme got some info from Kunio, Takanori seems to be looking at - Seems to be no explanation for the very odd inverted-detector behaviour - Done for Crysalis convention - Takanori appears to have Format class in hand - Okay to ignore the exceptionally different files as no timestamp and no longer generated - Take a look at state of things in a couple of weeks ### dials.cosym finds the right operator but puts it wrongly - [dials#2486](https://github.com/dials/dials/issues/2486) - Draft PR at https://github.com/dials/dials/pull/2497 - Pulled in other problems that need to be worked through - Potential fix opened a large box of problems - GW believes needs a rethink and a rewrite and patching is essentially impossible - GW and DP to discuss on 27th ## AOB? ### Cosym: don't fill wij matrix where the overlap is less than min_pairs - https://github.com/dials/dials/pull/2503 - **ND**: Test with full dials regression tomorrow and merge ### Next meeting Thursday, October 5th, 4pm (BST), 8am (PDT)