DevNotes_24Mar2026

General updates (roundtable)

• SASBDB integration project (Wojtek) - presentation/demo/discussion (15min).
• Generic Scattering Calculator redesign working group
• Sasmodels working group (refactoring project and marketplace vs core etc) (Paul and Wojciech)
  • Organzing a working group to start addressing
• Technical meeting update (Jeff)
  • Refactoring project quarterly hackathons (Jeff)
    • RefactorHackathon‐2026‐1
    • New potential ADRS were Discussed but not yet proposed officially
    • Contributors lists for sasmodels and sasdata proposal
• Publications (Jeff and Miguel)
  • Miguel wrote a script that has found over 1400 publications from 2020 through now
  • Jeff to add them to the list
  • Auto-updating scripts working again and running once every 24 hours
• Merge rights for SasView currently restricted (Jeff)

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Next contributor camp

• Prague venue confirmed: https://github.com/SasView/sasview/wiki/ContributorCampXV
• Requirement at https://github.com/SasView/sasview/wiki/CodeCampPlanning
• Discussion

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Releases

• 6.1.3:

  • 6.1.3 is out

• 6.2.0:

  • Proposed release date: ~June 2026
    • This release has a lot in it. We therefore need to move soon on preparing for it.
  • Release manager - Sujaya
    • Paul S. will be backup if timelines slip etc

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ADRs?

• Sent for review (more work desired):
  • Ruff and Linting - https://github.com/orgs/SasView/discussions/3171#discussioncomment-15497631
• Discuss:
  • Define release process and release manager role

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Pull requests

SasView/sasview (18 open PRs)

https://github.com/SasView/sasview/pulls

Merge candidates (approved review: 1)

• #3870 - fitting report improvements (fixes several tickets)

Changes requested (1)

• #3842 — Add Pixi config file + setup automated versioning

Needs review - in Discussion (9)

• #3898 - Fixes the error propagation in power law
• #3897 - Improves invariant calculator tests
• #3895 - v6.1.3 Changes
• #3894 - Fix for Dmax explorer plot turning into a scatter plot when resetting view
• #3888 - Improves and adds tests for Invariant Perspective UI
• #3881 - Inversion code clean up
• #3866 - Duplicated CI job runs on pull requests
• #3847 — Remove QtWebEngine; use system browser
• #3790 — Slider option for parameters

Needs reviewers (0)

• None currently

DRAFTS (7)

• #3902 — undo_redo branch rebased to refactor_24
• #3761 — Keep tabbed plotter inside main window
• #3111 — Plotting refactor integration
• #3006 — Refactoring Branch
• #2940 — Plotting refactor
• #2782 — Interpolation for operations (long-running)
• #2315 — Auto-plot data sent to fitting (long-running)

SasView/sasmodels (9 open PRs)

https://github.com/SasView/sasmodels/pulls

Needs review - in Discussion (5)

• #704 — Adding torus elliptical shell model
• #699 — Adding nanoprisms model (pure python)
• #694 — Adding a pure python truncated octahedron model with Fibonacci orientation averaging
• #658 — Simple adaptive integration
• #608 — Better integration

Needs reviewers (0)

• None currently

DRAFTS (4)

• #705 — Add tetrapod model implementation (Draft)
• #689 — Model for a mixture of two homopolymers (RPA case 0) (Draft; approved)
• #665 — Send data mask from theory calculator into plotter (Draft; approved)
• #449 — WIP: spelling fixes in two_power_law (Draft; changes requested)

SasView/sasdata (9 open PRs)

https://github.com/SasView/sasdata/pulls

Merge Candidates

• #190 - unrecognized units (Again) (ready to merge?)

Needs review - in Discussion (2)

• #198 - Refactor 24 trend
• #196 - Adds linear algebra operations

DRAFTS (6)

• #197 — Additional Slicers for the refactor branch (Draft)
• #156 — Work on the SasData object definition (Draft)
• #106 — Sasview database (Draft) - Jeff to get merged into refactor branch
• #101 — 48 fractional binning (Draft)
• #79 — Refactoring Branch (Draft)
• #62 — Interpolations for data operations (Draft)

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Help desk staffing

https://github.com/SasView/sasview/wiki/DevNotes_HelpDesk

• Covered through June (need summer coverage)

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