= ChimeraX Developer Meeting =

Attendance: Eric, Tom, Greg

February 23, 2026

= Agenda =

* !PySide, any new bugs?
* Toolshed update caching to reduce database load.
* Web site accessibility progress.
* Decide on numpy, Python updates for 1.12 (3.13 or 3.14?)
* Chimera not working with macOS 26, graphics pane positioned over command-line.
* Work in progress reports
* Inside ribbon color?
* Make Chimera end-of-life bug report and registration changes.

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= Discussion =

* PySide6 bugs
 - PySide6 6.10.2 broke mac startup.  Reverting to 6.10.1 today.
 - Get file dialog does not have "directory" key word.  Need to modify Qt shim to handle PyQt and PySide keywords.
 - A few other possible PySide issues.

* Toolshed caching
 - Greg finds almost all MariaDB queries are for Toolshed updates (200k in log).
 - Caching is being used for update queries.
 - Cache should recompute when new bundle added.
 - Tom will probably approve a new bundle (cubeNtube) today and notify Greg to verify that cache updates as expected.

* Web accessibility
 - Score still at 97.2%.

* Python 3 generic C API
 - Greg will look at whether all ChimeraX code complies with generic Python 3 C API.

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