neurofedora-20250-09-22
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#meeting:fedoraproject.org: neurofedora - 20250-09-22

Meeting started by @ankursinha:fedora.im at 13:00:42 UTC

Meeting summary

  1. INFO: Agenda: https://neuroblog.fedoraproject.org/2025/09/22/next-open-neurofedora-meeting-22-September-2025-1300-utc.html (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:00:58)
  2. TOPIC:Introductions and roll call (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:02:02)
  3. TOPIC:Tasks from last meeting (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:09:11)
    1. LINK: https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-06-02/neurofedora.2025-06-02-13.00.html (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:09:17)
    2. INFO: ITK needs updating, was blocked by vxl update: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340300 (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:10:37)
    3. ACTION: Ankur update InsightToolKit: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340300 (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:11:35)
    4. IDEA: python-bokeh is now a leaf package (double-check this!): drop from Fedora and add to our test suite? (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:13:45)
    5. ACTION: Ankur double check that bokeh is leaf and move it to the python test suite (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:15:30)
  4. TOPIC:Pagure tickets (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:16:02)
    1. LINK: https://pagure.io/neuro-sig/NeuroFedora/issues?status=Open&tags=S%3A+Next+meeting (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:16:05)
    2. INFO: The main one here is updating steps to the latest release. I'd made some progress on it---it built and now the package needs to be updated: https://pagure.io/neuro-sig/NeuroFedora/issue/566 (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:17:04)
    3. LINK: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-steps/pull-request/7 (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:17:20)
    4. INFO: Ankur will work on it after ITK (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:17:44)
    5. INFO: https://pagure.io/neuro-sig/NeuroFedora/issue/563 -> about bokeh + plotly and the JS headache. We've dropped plotly already and will probably drop bokeh. So this will get sorted that way (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:18:56)
  5. TOPIC:Python package installability checks (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:19:18)
    1. LINK: https://ankursinha.fedorapeople.org/neurofedora/package-status/latest/ (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:19:37)
    2. INFO: py3.13: 55 passes, 5 xfails (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:20:18)
    3. INFO: py3.10: 55 passes, 5 xfails (corrected) (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:20:54)
    4. INFO: py3.11: 55 passes, 5 xfails (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:21:10)
    5. INFO: py3.12: 54 passes, 6 xfails (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:21:47)
    6. INFO: py3.13: 53 passes, 7 xfails (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:22:08)
    7. INFO: Test suite results + notes are automatically inserted into the docs. eg.https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/neurofedora/compneuro-tools/ (see NEAT) (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:24:28)
    8. ACTION: Ankur check if wxnatpy needs to be kept in Fedora (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:26:17)
    9. INFO: wxnatpy is required by fsleyes, and so needs to be kept in Fedora (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:26:52)
    10. ACTION: Ankur remove wxnatpy from suite (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:26:59)
    11. INFO: If you maintain a python package(s), please check if they can be installed directly via PyPi. If they can, you can move them to the suite if you'd like---you are still welcome to maintain them in Fedora if you think that's worth doing too. (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:28:03)
  6. TOPIC:Fedora packages check (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:28:17)
    1. LINK: https://packager-dashboard.fedoraproject.org/dashboard?groups=neuro-sig (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:28:23)
    2. INFO: fsleyes stack is impacted by orphaning of libQGLViewer via octomap (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:30:41)
    3. INFO: libqglviewer seems actively maintained: https://github.com/GillesDebunne/libQGLViewer . I guess we can take it up if no one else does.. (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:32:43)
    4. INFO: arbor needs updating (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:34:38)
    5. INFO: Otherwise, packages are in good shape (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:35:46)
  7. TOPIC:Open package reviews check (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:35:58)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=fedora-neuro (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:36:05)
    2. INFO: a few open reviews: vispy, bidscoin, astrovascpy, lsp-ruff (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:37:52)
  8. TOPIC:(neuro)science query of the week (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:38:17)
    1. LINK: https://neuroblog.fedoraproject.org/planet-neuroscientists/ (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:38:27)
    2. INFO: Staying on the keto diet long term could carry health risks - https://www.sciencenews.org/article/keto-diet-health-risk-glucose-high-fat (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:39:11)
    3. INFO: 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Research on Tipsy Bats and Pasta Physics | Scientific American - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2025-ig-nobel-prizes-awarded-for-research-on-tipsy-bats-and-pasta-physics/ (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:39:42)
    4. INFO: PLOS Response to NIH Request for Information: Maximizing research funds by limiting allowable publishing costs - The Official PLOS Blog - https://theplosblog.plos.org/2025/09/plos-response-to-nih-request-for-information-maximizing-research-funds-by-limiting-allowable-publishing-costs/ (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:43:06)
    5. INFO: Trump will reportedly link Tylenol to autism - but many experts are sceptical - BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20d4lr67lo (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:45:11)
  9. TOPIC:Next meeting (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:46:24)
    1. INFO: Next meeting at 1300 UTC in 2 weeks: 6th October 2025 (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:46:54)
  10. TOPIC:Open floor (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:47:00)
    1. ACTION: Ankur send out logs (@ankursinha:fedora.im, 13:52:27)


Meeting ended at 13:52:30 UTC

Action items

  1. Ankur update InsightToolKit: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340300
  2. Ankur double check that bokeh is leaf and move it to the python test suite
  3. Ankur check if wxnatpy needs to be kept in Fedora
  4. Ankur remove wxnatpy from suite
  5. Ankur send out logs


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  1. @ankursinha:fedora.im (63)
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