DevNotes_17Apr2026_Technical

Next Refactor Hackathons

• Refactor Hackathon I: Mar 16-17
• Refactor Hackathon II: ~June
• Refactor Hackathon III: ~September
• Refactor Hackathon IV: ~December
• Bad Dates:
  • ACNS: July 12-16
  • NOBUGS: Sept. 21-25
  • Contributor Camp: Nov. 3-9
  • ESS-ILL User Meeting: Nov. 18-20
• Jeff to send Doodle Poll for Hackathon II working around bad dates list

Pull Requests

• SasView (16 open, 10 in draft, 0 approved)
  • Discuss:
    • Use browser for help: https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pull/3847 - broken unit test
    • Release automation: https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pull/3918 - one release automation script that only lives in sasview, or separate scripts for each repo?
• SasModels (11 open, 5 in draft)
• SasData (8 open, 6 in draft)
  • SasData API: https://github.com/SasView/sasdata/pull/106 - Jeff to get into a mergeable state...

6.2.0

• Proposed code freeze date: May 15, with Alpha1 release on May 18
• What outstanding PRs should be included:
  • Remove QtWebEngine
  • Parameter sliders
  • New models
• What features should be highlighted in the what's new panel? Candidates include:
  • Multiple slicers on one plot
  • Symmetric slicers
  • Close project
  • SAXS fitting using PDB
  • Data Operation panel rework
• SasModels and SasData releases planned
• Repo rights should be up-to-date for Sujaya

Status updates of ongoing projects

• CodeScene and Ruff (Paul S./Jeff)
  • CodeScene integration - Wiki In Progress
    • Jeff to finish off write up for Minimal Safety Net
    • What thresholds should we use for different things?: https://github.com/SasView/sasdata/blob/master/.codescene/code-health-rules.json
    • Once write up is finished and thresholds are decided, enable on sasdata
• Citing sasview
  • Sasview.org: https://github.com/SasView/sasview.github.io/pull/32
  • SasView: https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pull/3918
    • One release automation script for all repos or one per repo?
    • Extend to sasview.github.io?
  • SasModels: https://github.com/SasView/sasmodels/pull/709
  • SasData: https://github.com/SasView/sasdata/pull/200

ADRs

• To finalize:
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3171#discussioncomment-15497631: Linter
• Ongoing discussion:
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3511: Use web browser instead of built-in window - Assign writer
• New to discuss
  • No link: Defining the release process and release manager - Jeff to create discussion
    • Some outlined in https://github.com/SasView/sasview/wiki/DevNotes_DevGuide_ReleaseChecklistTemplate
    • Release notes for Dev releases? Cumulative from previous stable release or from last dev release? Final release should have cumulative.
    • Delete/pare-down/hide dev releases after stable release?
  • No Link: Contributing to SasView: Define the process, i.e. what the requestor needs to provide, level of support from the existing community, and
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3475: Release automation - Assign tasks, including final write-up
    • Zenodo generation: build_tools/release_automation.py, but would need tweaks, the ability to commit changes, and the ability to change release tags - Jeff already working on it, likely never part of the CI
    • Pypi publishing: Work started in sasdata
    • Upload binaries to releases: Already working for nightly build

AOB?