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


Meeting started by FranciscoD at 22:01:39 UTC. The full logs are
available at
https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-neuro/2019-03-26/neurofedora.2019-03-26-22.01.log.html
.



Meeting summary
---------------
* Roll call  (FranciscoD, 22:02:12)
  * ankursinha  (FranciscoD, 22:02:16)
  * lbazan  (FranciscoD, 22:02:21)
  * zbyszek  (FranciscoD, 22:02:25)
  * blackfile is driving  (FranciscoD, 22:02:37)
  * pac23 should be sleeping  (FranciscoD, 22:02:56)

* Current status  (FranciscoD, 22:03:19)
  * We've gotten a lot of computational neuroscience software done
    (FranciscoD, 22:03:31)
  * https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/neurofedora/compneuro-tools/
    (FranciscoD, 22:03:45)
  * our docs are at neuro.fedoraproject.org  (FranciscoD, 22:03:53)
  * our blog is at neurofedora.github.io  (FranciscoD, 22:04:03)
  * 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)
  * PyNN does not currently support Brian2: WIP, but no updates yet:
    https://github.com/NeuralEnsemble/PyNN/pull/617#issuecomment-456741238
    (FranciscoD, 22:06:56)
  * 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)
  * 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)
  * LINK: https://github.com/LFPy/LFPy/blob/master/requirements.txt says
    so...  (zbyszek, 22:12:52)
  * ACTION: FranciscoD look at the neuron master branch again and see if
    it is possible to proceed with a snapshot  (FranciscoD, 22:15:02)
  * CNS*2019 is in mid july: https://www.cnsorg.org/cns-2019
    (FranciscoD, 22:17:13)
  * Flock in August  (FranciscoD, 22:17:34)
  * F30 releases on 2019-05-07 at the moment:
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/30/Schedule  (FranciscoD,
    22:19:23)
  * ACTION: FranciscoD investigate Fedora lab process, document in a
    neurofedora blog post.  (FranciscoD, 22:20:05)
  * ACTION: FranciscoD set up comp-neuro comps group  (FranciscoD,
    22:26:20)
  * Look into labs image after comps group is set up  (FranciscoD,
    22:26:41)
  * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_SIG seems to be the docs
    for spins  (zbyszek, 22:27:44)

* Expanding the team  (FranciscoD, 22:33:01)
  * Current focus on building a user base, and then working towards
    converting users to contributors  (FranciscoD, 22:44:25)

* Current usability review and suggestions for improvements
  (FranciscoD, 22:44:41)
  * 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)
  * https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/neurofedora/overview/ ->
    current docs  (FranciscoD, 22:46:47)
  * 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)
  * Continue reviewing community tickets to build relationships within
    the packager group  (FranciscoD, 22:48:45)

* Open floor  (FranciscoD, 22:51:13)
  * ACTION: FranciscoD blog about meeting notes  (FranciscoD, 22:51:25)
  * LINK: https://pagure.io/design/issue/627   (FranciscoD, 22:54:04)
  * NeuroFedora stickers: https://pagure.io/design/issue/627
    (FranciscoD, 22:54:27)
  * ACTION: LoKoMurdoK open ticket about neurofedora badge  (FranciscoD,
    22:56:05)
  * FYI: all NeuroFedora artwork is kept here:
    https://pagure.io/neuro-sig/NeuroFedora/blob/master/f/Artwork
    (FranciscoD, 22:57:32)
  * ACTION: FranciscoD send out logs to ML  (FranciscoD, 23:00:07)

Meeting ended at 23:00:37 UTC.




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




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




People Present (lines said)
---------------------------
* FranciscoD (126)
* tg-fedneuro (42)
* zbyszek (22)
* zodbot (8)
* fm-neuro (5)




Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4

.. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot