[cctbxbb] simtbx

Wed May 3 07:57:30 PDT 2017

Same questions here as Markus asked.. What is simtbx? First time hear 
about it. How cctbx can benefit from it?
Pavel

On 5/3/17 07:53, markus.gerstel at diamond.ac.uk wrote:
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> Sorry, outsider perspective here. I don’t know what simtbx does or is 
> supposed to do.
>
> What is the benefit of having code in a repository that, according to 
> your earlier mail, is explicitly not used in the project?
>
> Or more bluntly: We (and ccp4) distribute dials and, as part of it, 
> the cctbx_project repository.
>
> Why should we ship dead code?
>
> -Markus
>
> *From:*cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org 
> [mailto:cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org] *On Behalf Of *Nicholas Sauter
> *Sent:* 03 May 2017 15:52
> *To:* cctbx mailing list <cctbxbb at phenix-online.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [cctbxbb] simtbx
>
> Markus,
>
> We want option c.  simtbx should be in the cctbx_project directory.  
> No separate git repository. We need to double check we've gotten all 
> the files in cctbx_project, then remove them from the separate repo. 
> James, could you look into this?
>
> Nick
>
>
> Nicholas K. Sauter, Ph. D.
> Senior Scientist, Molecular Biophysics & Integrated Bioimaging Division
>
> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
> 1 Cyclotron Rd., Bldg. 33R0345
> Berkeley, CA 94720
> (510) 486-5713
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:49 AM, <markus.gerstel at diamond.ac.uk 
> <mailto:markus.gerstel at diamond.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Hi James,
>
>     It looks that you now have two separate places where simtbx code
>     is kept. One is in the simtbx repository, where you fixed the sign
>     earlier, and the other one is in the cctbx repository, where you
>     just now fixed it again.
>
>     Simtbx repo: https://github.com/dials/simtbx
>
>     Simtbx folder in cctbx repo:
>     https://github.com/cctbx/cctbx_project/tree/master/simtbx
>
>     I guess suppose there are three options here:
>
>     a.move simtbx into the module directory, add simtbx to the
>     bootstrap script so it is initialised correctly.
>
>     b.leave simtbx inside the cctbx_project directory and repository,
>     but as its own git repository (using git submodule)
>
>     c.leave simtbx inside the cctbx_project directory, delete the
>     separate git repository
>
>     NB: This issue is independent of resolving the dials-dependency issue.
>
>     -Markus
>
>     *From:*cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org
>     <mailto:cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org>
>     [mailto:cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org
>     <mailto:cctbxbb-bounces at phenix-online.org>] *On Behalf Of *James
>     Holton
>     *Sent:* 03 May 2017 15:40
>     *To:* Winter, Graeme (DLSLtd,RAL,LSCI)
>     <Graeme.Winter at Diamond.ac.uk
>     <mailto:Graeme.Winter at Diamond.ac.uk>>; cctbxbb at phenix-online.org
>     <mailto:cctbxbb at phenix-online.org>
>     *Subject:* Re: [cctbxbb] simtbx
>
>
>     Yesterday, Aaron and I were trying to set things up so that simtbx
>     would be available to people who aren't James Holton.  It's been
>     checked in and working for over a month now, and only a few days
>     ago I discovered that a fresh "bootstrap" has a broken simtbx,
>     despite my "git status" telling me all my files are up to date.  I
>     asked Aaron and Nick for help with this.
>
>       I thought what we did was make cctbx.xfel depends on simtbx,
>     since fitting simulations to stills is the whole reason for
>     porting my stuff into python.
>
>     I set up simtbx with a constructor that takes a dxtbx detector as
>     input, but does that make it depend on dials?  I did not expect that.
>
>     Sorry, didn't mean to break anything!  Would much appreciate any
>     help on this.
>
>     -James
>
>     On 5/3/2017 1:41 AM, Graeme.Winter at Diamond.ac.uk
>     <mailto:Graeme.Winter at Diamond.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>         Hi Folks
>
>         We have noticed that simtbx, part of the core cctbx now,
>         depends on dials
>
>         This means if you do not have a dials build your cctbx will be
>         broken
>
>         This is probably not the way we want things?
>
>         I thought simtbx was a separate repo?
>
>         Cheerio Graeme
>
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