BIOXHIT/CCP4: Meeting Summary

Meeting Minutes

1. The actions from the previous meeting were reviewed:
   • WY continued to work on the client application for writing the history XML. The code needs some tidying and some of the data required for the XML items is not clear. WY will do some more ahead of a meeting to review the application.
   • PJB began writing up the notes on the SQLite schema and implementation; this should be completed for our own use and included in the documentation but will not form deliverable D5.2.5 - instead PJB will write a new document describing the CCP4i database "data model" and this will form D5.2.5.
   • PJB still to look at bug #1985 (dbviewer resizing)
   • WY fixed the DbDisconnection so that the handler returns a response. PJB should look at reversing the fudge in the Tcl client API which set the timeout to zero to avoid this problem.
   • Work is ongoing with the CCP4i/dbccp4i compatibility issues. PJB is making changes to ccp4i.py. Additional changes are that ccp4i.py now supports a "create" method (allows a new directories.def file to be created) and that there are new tests (using the Python "unittest" module) in the tests directory.
     PJB will continue to look at these changes, and will meet with WY later on to discuss the impact on dbccp4i.
   • WY looked at the large CSTAFF project from PJB and identified a bug in the "history" class (logged as bug #2095) but wasn't able to fix it.
   • The poster was reviewed and action being taken to move this forward.
2. WY reported that she tried the handler and clients on Windows and identified a number of bugs (#2100, #2101, #2102 and #2103). Essentially the handler and Python dbconsole work but the Tcl applications (dbviewer and dbconsole) have problems due to issues with the Tcl client API.
3. The actions required for the 0.1 release of dbccp4i were reviewed and priorities have been reassigned. The most important activities are:
   • Implement changes for CCP4i compatibility
   • Review the visualiser
   Some other activities have been flagged as most likely deferred to a 0.2 version.
   A version of dbccp4i and visualiser will be made into deliverables by 19th February, however this may not be the full release 0.1 (which will be made afterwards in this case).

Action Items

1. WY: tidy up code and output XML for client application to write history XML.
2. WY/PJB: meet to review the client application to write the history XML (Friday 9th Feb at 10am).
3. WY/PJB: think of a name for the XML-writing application.
4. PJB: finish writing up notes on SQLite schemas and implementation.
5. PJB: write up the CCP4i database "data model" as deliverable D5.2.5.
6. PJB: look at #2 for bug #1985 (dbviewer resizing)
7. PJB: fix Tcl client API Disconnection function to remove setting timeout to zero.
8. PJB: continue working on CCP4i/handler compatibility (bug #2089).
9. PJB: look at history class bug (#2095) if there is time.
10. WY: check that the client APIs are consistent with the commands in the handler.
11. WY/PJB: meet to review the visualiser application (Wednesday 7th February at 10am).

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