[yt-dev] 2.4: Release and bug roundup

[John ZuHone]

Hi Matt,

I think there should be some generalized access to all of the runtime parameters and scalars in FLASH datasets.

Some kind of dict that hangs off the pf... e.g. "pf.scalars["dt"]"  or "pf.runtime_params["xmax"]". I've already written something that does this but I wanted to check with everyone first to see if it was in keeping with the overall code philosophy. 

Is there something like this for the Enzo frontend already?

Sent from John ZuHone's iPhone

On Mar 16, 2012, at 7:48 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> A couple people have mentioned to me recently (in IRC and over email)
> that the stable branch is missing some fixes for FLASH and Enzo data.
> I'd like to start a discussion on wrapping up the dev cycle and moving
> for a 2.4 release.  The showpoint of this release I believe will be
> improvements to volume rendering; more on that below.
> 
> Here are the open, targeted bugs for 2.4:
> 
> https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/issues?status=new&status=open&milestone=2.4
> 
> These touch on a few major areas:
> 
> * Minor improvements to reason and reason widgets: Adding vectors,
> layers (which should get postponed) a volume rendering widget (should
> get postponed) and a file open dialog (Nathan had been working a bit
> on that.)
> * FLASH updates to make it more user friendly: John Z and I had a
> brainstorming session after I spoke to some FLASH users last week, and
> I filled out tickets to try to address any remaining weak points.
> * Time Series updates: Nathan has made a few suggestions, and I'm
> going to implement them.  I like where Time Series is going!
> * Volume rendering refactor (Sam, if you have a few minutes, could
> you give an update on what that includes and what it provides?  This
> could be a great centerpiece of 2.4!)
> * Rockstar integration is incomplete and undocumented, but that may
> also be postponed.
> 
> There are also a few bugs that need to be addressed:
> 
> * MPI attributes now break pickling in some cases; I will address this
> * Ghost zone issues seem to be everywhere, as corner cases keep
> coming up.  John W and I have spoken about this and we have an idea
> for how to fix it moving forward.
> * Quadproj scales poorly, but that'll be a bit of a tricky piece of work.
> 
> Does anyone have any comments or ideas about these bugs, or want to
> tackle any of them?  Are there any other concerns, or thoughts on
> this?
> 
> How would aiming to release in a month from now sound?  April 16 is a
> Monday, which would be a good day for a release.
> 
> -Matt
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