# 2021.07.28 Weekly Meeting

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2021-07-28-weekly-meeting/18930>\
**Category:** Weekly meetings\
**Created:** [July 26, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2021-07-28-weekly-meeting/18930 "2021-07-26T18:16:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_Horvath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sam_horvath/32/3092_2.png) [@Sam\_Horvath](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sam_Horvath)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2021-07-28-weekly-meeting/18930/1 "2021-07-26T18:16:20Z")

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Tomorrow, we will be having our next weekly hangout at 10:00 AM ET until 11 AM ET.

Anyone is welcome to join to ask questions at [https://bit.ly/slicer-googlemeet-hosted-by-kitware](https://bit.ly/slicer-googlemeet-hosted-by-kitware)

Agenda:

- Slicer 5 / Extension manager
- [Slicer + Docker](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/5750)

Feel free to post to this thread to request/suggest a topic!

Thanks  
Sam and J-Christophe

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2021-07-28-weekly-meeting/18930/2 "2021-07-27T15:43:01Z")

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> re: extensions manager transition

- support for autocomplete. Few approach are being evaluated: mongodb + solr, mongodb + elasticSearch, client side search, server side on the fly indexing and search

> re: download stats

Discussed making “raw” stats after cleaning up IP

> re: Comment on downloader script proposed in [Slicer#5750](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/5750)

- Will add script in `Slicer/SlicerDocker` repo
- Update documentation referencing existing approach

Details captured at [https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/5750#issuecomment-887602347](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/5750#issuecomment-887602347)

> re: Consolidated Slicer docker images

Ideally, all images should be organized in a single location

> re: Availability of Slicer in python

Discussed the possibility of installing Slicer using pip. Before doing so, need to work on making core components available in python

> re: Update python version used in Slicer

Current python version is 3.6.7, need to update to 3.8 or newer as more and more packages are not available. See [https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/5014](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/5014)

> re: Revisit MRB creation using zarr instead of zip

This would allow to speed up creation using parallel compression.  
See [https://zarr.readthedocs.io](https://zarr.readthedocs.io)

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2021-07-28-weekly-meeting/18930/3 "2021-07-27T15:50:06Z")

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> re: IDC Desktops and SlicerOnDemand

from @pieper , see [IDC Desktop - SlicerOnDemand - Google Docs](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jfHqjS7Fer7Lhqea5bjyown0b04AsqeOhIBY2gWUDO4/edit), it includes sections like Background, Current Status and Desired State (Launching and Managing/VM Desktop User Experience/Further Considerations)