2016-11-08 Tuesday Team Meeting
Dundee: Will, Simon, Mark, Jean-Marie, Ola, Gus, Roger, Balaji, June, Simone, Jason, Remote: Josh, Eleanor, Dom, Andreas, Liza, Helen, Wilma, Chris
Agenda - 2:00pm Start
Accepting minutes from last meeting
Project Timelines (2-3 minutes each)
Spaces
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Files/Formats/OME Files
- Ongoing decoupling (watch the repo count grow!)
- Roger: Metakit just appeared on maven central
- Which fork of jai to use?
- JM: Some Java 1.9 issues with build
- Jpeg-xr testing with omero ongoing
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Metadata (Josh)
- Barring broad/idr0016 (running now) all map annotations are created.
- Planning an RC1 in Dundee ASAP (with tagged Bio-Formats)
- Then an RC2 at EBI which will likely become production.
- Trying to get demo-3 out. Scaling with populate_metadata.
- Broad data going in 3.1 million map annotations and counting…
- Merge everything and tag rc1, test in Dundee
- RC2 - reclone everything at EBI, if tests green then good to go
- Will try to get RC1 server running today
- Ola: will need volunteers for testing. Eleanor, Dominik...
- Testing sheet ready - Josh will ping testers tomorrow
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OMERO 5.3.0
- Eel down. Seabass not ready to migrate
- Eel ready to connect via Insight and CLI now, web should be up tomorrow
- SPW UI layout changes - moving on to phase 2
- Ola: Web API for users: Tools for creating docs?
- JM: numpy/pillow compatibility issues moving out of breaking
- Discussion with Damir on SPW layout and offer of data
- Some design issues to discuss, naming, pagination etc.
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Outreach
- Balaji - material for workshops in preparation for Heidelberg.
- JM: will just use web for workshop since limited time (1.5 hrs)
- Jason: using user’s laptops and installing software is problematic
- Jason: using Amazon services is easy & cost effective
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Files/Formats/OME Files
Other releases/upgrades:
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Figure
- ROIs from OMERO - rebased on new code layout
- ImageJ
- Learning
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Sysadmin
- Eel disc issues hopefully resolved
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Website redevelopment/redesign (Liza)
- Helen: working on OMERO pages wrt feedback
- Getting started page reduced duplication
- Moving on to developer pages - Josh has ideas.
- Smuggler (Montpellier)
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Figure
Glencoe Update (Chris)
- JPEG-XR builds, testing etc
- Scalability issues when users do large imports
- Omero_marshal & web api prep for 5.3
- Search investigations ongoing
Usage stats part 2 presentation by Roger
AOB (5 mins max - technical discussions should be highlighted to relevant people and rescheduled)
- Jason: phishing e-mails getting good! Beware!
- Presentation on Orbit 22nd - need to delay so Jason is here