--- name: DIALS core meeting 2022-10-27 tags: core meeting --- # DIALS core meeting 2022-10-27 ## 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 - [ ] [Just after branch for 3.12 release of DIALS merge this](https://github.com/cctbx/dxtbx/pull/504#issuecomment-1289068097) ### 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, November 10th, 4pm (GMT), 8am (PST)