DevNotes_12Dec2025_Technical

6.1.2 Release Status

• Final release date: December 16 after the call?
• Builds and issues:
  • Flatpak is building successfully! - https://github.com/flathub/org.sasview.sasview/pull/14
  • Mac Intel Support - macos13 is closing down so macos-13 removed - use macos-15-intel instead?
  • Windows build not signed when tag created - needs investigating or individual to sign - Fixed in #3817
• Other work included in the release branch
  • run.py removed- keep in? - needs documentation if kept
  • Inversion and Inversion bug fixes by @jellybean2004
  • pyAUSAXS pypi package instead of AUSAXS C library
• Other things to include at this point? NOTHING ELSE
  • Documentation locator fixes - #3667, and #3689
  • Complex constraint fixes - #3811, #3809, and #3808

Status updates of ongoing projects

• Shape2SAS and SAXS fitting (Kristian)
• CodeScene and Ruff (Paul S./Jeff)
  • Linting work complete?
  • CodeScene integration - Enabled on SasData, but with no rules set
• Perspective Refactoring
  • Fitting refactor #3 - https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pull/3776 - Constraints issue
  • Invariant refactor - https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pull/3789 - One review with issues noted
• Refactoring Project (Paul S./Marie/Jeff)
  • Refactor roadmap
  • Availability to work on the project? Need a timeline
    • Intern availability or good projects?
      • NIST deadline for project submission is Monday, Jan. 5, 2026
    • Schedule a virtual hackathon for early spring?
      • 2-3 days to work on specific projects and reestablish consistent work
  • Current status:
    • SasData pretty far along and some already integrated into master branch
    • Data Explorer, and Plotting in the works, but nothing in sasview main
    • Analysis integration not started

ADRs

• To be finalized:
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3245: Dependency Freezing
    • Jeff to write final ADR and close discussion
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3171: Linter
    • This would only apply to ruff and ruff configs
    • Need a write-up on activating for developer systems (one line command, but I don't see it anywhere in our dev docs)
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3170: Type hints
    • Required versus suggested.
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3583: Revised ADR Process
    • Propose finalizing?
• Ongoing discussion:
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3511: Use web browser instead of built-in window
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3503: Citing SasView and Parallel Projects
    • Need recommendation for parallel projects

Other discussions (if time permits)

• Long-term Mac Intel support
  • Jeff to poll NIST summer students to see how much use we have from Mac Intel - summer 2026
• Py3.14 support
  • numba 0.63 - may be py3.14 compatible - Paul S. to test
  • PySide6 release 6.10.1(?) in late November supports py3.14

AOB?