DevNotes_13Jan2026

General Updates

• Wojtek setting up a working group to redesign the generic scattering calculator - Jan 29 meeting - Wojciech
  • this now conflicts with the Shapespyre project meeting. Suggested we move it
  • Wojciech to ask participants about moving
• Refactoring project quarterly hackathons - Jeff.
• Neutron GRC in Barcelona in April - Yun
• Brief technical meeting report - Jeff?
  • drop mac intel by end of year?
    • Jeff and Ursula will check with Lionel on how bad this might be
  • move to 3.14 soon for testing
• Major Project updates
  • Refactoring Project: The roadmap is available here.
• Any students/interns/seasonal employees in the works?

Next Contributor Camp 10 min max discussion then table till next meeting

In order to have a camp in 2026, history suggests we need to start planning now.

• Prague and Paris (Soleil or LPS in Orsay)and ILL have been discussed
  • Soleil has guest house and restaurant and plenty of rooms
  • Marianne to check with them about willingness/interest
• Are there other venues thoughts?
  • ILL also might be willing to host. Paul G. and Ursula to verify
  • Once potential hosts have been identified, send poll on location
• Other thoughts

Releases

• 6.1.2 is now out
• 6.1.3 release envisaged for first quarter:
  • 6.1.3 branch created off of 6.1.2 release point.
  • Status
  • Any urgent things missed?
    • King reported on 6.1.2 issues - these should be checked

Open Pull Requests

• sasview - 4 approved (1 with conflicts), 7 ready for review, 9 in draft

  • Approved - Ready to merge?
    • #3837 - Sets 'Stack Plots' for slicers as a global user preference
    • #3834 - Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 11 to 12
    • #3829 - Final 6.1.2 work to merge into main
    • #3810 - 3796: Fix name selection issue in Data Operations Panel. Does it need a functionality review?
  • Approved - ⚠️ Has conflicts
    • #3534 - Fetching of the license file from relative path (1 approval, HAS MERGE CONFLICTS). Can we delete this PR as no longer needed?
  • Needs review
    • #3835 - Adds uncertainties to Invariant inputs. Needs a reviewer
    • #3833 - Generalize Corfunc Slider
    • #3832 - Support angularly replicated 'symmetric' slicers
    • #3790 - 2091 slider option for parameters
    • #3786 - Support for SAXS fitting (v2). have the comments been addressed? do we still need a functionality review?
    • #3602 - Dependabot: Include all action updates in one PR getting long in the tooth - what to do?
  • In draft
    • #3777 - Implement event mediator is this still being worked on?
    • #3456 - Test pdf viewing
    • #3148 - Set proper plot scales for ancillary plots is this still relevant?
    • #2782 - Interpolation for operations is this superseded?
    • #2315 - Sending data to fitting automatically plots the data (#2299) This is a desired feature but the PR seems abandoned?

• SasData - 5 drafts, 1 needing review

  • #47 - manipulations.py rewrite conflicts need resolving - otherwise ready for review?

• SasModels - 4 approved, 9 ready for review, 3 drafts - #608 and #658 seem to do similar things and have a conflict on the models changed

  • Approved - Ready to merge?
    • #693 - Final 1.0.12 release can we merge?
    • #689 - Model for a mixture of two homopolymers (case 0 in rpa model) status?
    • #677 - Fix RepeatedKernelRetrieval error in OpenCL ready?
    • #667 - Adjust limits for Guinier-Porod model ready?
  • Needs review
    • #676 - Update examples and plotters for bumps webview needs reviewer
    • #673 - Fix limits on angles and angular dispersity waiting on @dehoni
    • #671 - Update orientation viewer needs reviewer
    • #665 - Send data mask from theory calculator into plotter needs reviewer
    • #651 - Allow sasmodels.compare to use bumps webview instead of wx needs reviewer
    • #570 - Allow pure python Fq for beta approximation waiting on @butlerpd
    • #507 - paracrystalline model simulation needs reviewer
  • Conflicting?
    • #658 - Simple adaptive integration
    • #608 - Better integration
  • In draft
    • #536 - Oriented sesans transform heavy work till 2023. Still relevant?
    • #533 - fixed switched nomenclature for length and width check why it stalled
    • #449 - WIP: Spelling fixes in two_power_law model should we do it? other nomenclature issues?

ADRs

• Now finalized:
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3245: Dependency Freezing
• Sent to the mailing list
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3503: Citing SasView and Parallel Projects
    • Updated proposal ready to send?
  • https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3170: Type hints
    • new suggestion to not require them, but PR reviewers should note they are missing, with a suggestion on implementation
    • Revised proposal done - when does it get sent out (after the new year)?

Help Desk Staffing

• We need volunteers. Anybody willing and able?

AOB?