#fedora-neuro: NeuroFedora team meeting - 2019-03-26

Meeting summary

1. Roll call (FranciscoD, 22:02:12)
   1. ankursinha (FranciscoD, 22:02:16)
   2. lbazan (FranciscoD, 22:02:21)
   3. zbyszek (FranciscoD, 22:02:25)
   4. blackfile is driving (FranciscoD, 22:02:37)
   5. pac23 should be sleeping (FranciscoD, 22:02:56)
   
   
2. Current status (FranciscoD, 22:03:19)
   1. We've gotten a lot of computational neuroscience software done (FranciscoD, 22:03:31)
   2. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/neurofedora/compneuro-tools/ (FranciscoD, 22:03:45)
   3. our docs are at neuro.fedoraproject.org (FranciscoD, 22:03:53)
   4. our blog is at neurofedora.github.io (FranciscoD, 22:04:03)
   5. NEURON has not yet been udpated to use the new cvode version (branch exists, but has not yet been merged): https://github.com/neuronsimulator/nrn/issues/113 (FranciscoD, 22:05:15)
   6. PyNN does not currently support Brian2: WIP, but no updates yet: https://github.com/NeuralEnsemble/PyNN/pull/617#issuecomment-456741238 (FranciscoD, 22:06:56)
   7. TVB library will only be py3 complete by the end of 2019, so we'll have to wait until then: https://github.com/LTS5/cfflib/pull/8#issuecomment-473934882 (FranciscoD, 22:09:15)
   8. STEPS needs lots of unbundling and updating: upstream has said they'll do it in the new release: https://github.com/CNS-OIST/STEPS/issues/15 (FranciscoD, 22:11:35)
   9. https://github.com/LFPy/LFPy/blob/master/requirements.txt says so... (zbyszek, 22:12:52)
   10. ACTION: FranciscoD look at the neuron master branch again and see if it is possible to proceed with a snapshot (FranciscoD, 22:15:02)
   11. CNS*2019 is in mid july: https://www.cnsorg.org/cns-2019 (FranciscoD, 22:17:13)
   12. Flock in August (FranciscoD, 22:17:34)
   13. F30 releases on 2019-05-07 at the moment: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/30/Schedule (FranciscoD, 22:19:23)
   14. ACTION: FranciscoD investigate Fedora lab process, document in a neurofedora blog post. (FranciscoD, 22:20:05)
   15. ACTION: FranciscoD set up comp-neuro comps group (FranciscoD, 22:26:20)
   16. Look into labs image after comps group is set up (FranciscoD, 22:26:41)
   17. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_SIG seems to be the docs for spins (zbyszek, 22:27:44)
   
   
3. Expanding the team (FranciscoD, 22:33:01)
   1. Current focus on building a user base, and then working towards converting users to contributors (FranciscoD, 22:44:25)
   
   
4. Current usability review and suggestions for improvements (FranciscoD, 22:44:41)
   1. In general, when a new package is ready for review, we first e-mail the devel list for a review swap to get more community participation. If the review is not picked up by a "non-team member" in 3--4 days, another team member can step in and do the review. (FranciscoD, 22:46:21)
   2. https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/neurofedora/overview/ -> current docs (FranciscoD, 22:46:47)
   3. Please remember to add software to the lists in docs, and document their usage if they are complex (MPI, for example) (FranciscoD, 22:47:08)
   4. Continue reviewing community tickets to build relationships within the packager group (FranciscoD, 22:48:45)
   
   
5. Open floor (FranciscoD, 22:51:13)
   1. ACTION: FranciscoD blog about meeting notes (FranciscoD, 22:51:25)
   2. https://pagure.io/design/issue/627 (FranciscoD, 22:54:04)
   3. NeuroFedora stickers: https://pagure.io/design/issue/627 (FranciscoD, 22:54:27)
   4. ACTION: LoKoMurdoK open ticket about neurofedora badge (FranciscoD, 22:56:05)
   5. FYI: all NeuroFedora artwork is kept here: https://pagure.io/neuro-sig/NeuroFedora/blob/master/f/Artwork (FranciscoD, 22:57:32)
   6. ACTION: FranciscoD send out logs to ML (FranciscoD, 23:00:07)

Action items

1. FranciscoD look at the neuron master branch again and see if it is possible to proceed with a snapshot
2. FranciscoD investigate Fedora lab process, document in a neurofedora blog post.
3. FranciscoD set up comp-neuro comps group
4. FranciscoD blog about meeting notes
5. LoKoMurdoK open ticket about neurofedora badge
6. FranciscoD send out logs to ML

Action items, by person

1. FranciscoD
   1. FranciscoD look at the neuron master branch again and see if it is possible to proceed with a snapshot
   2. FranciscoD investigate Fedora lab process, document in a neurofedora blog post.
   3. FranciscoD set up comp-neuro comps group
   4. FranciscoD blog about meeting notes
   5. FranciscoD send out logs to ML

People present (lines said)

1. FranciscoD (126)
2. tg-fedneuro (42)
3. zbyszek (22)
4. zodbot (8)
5. fm-neuro (5)