McCode roadmap discussions 2023 and beyond

Points to be discussed during the 2022 McStas-McXtrace Hackathon

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1. Documentation overhaul

PDF manual content is falling seriously behind.

2. User survey

Who is using the codes and for what? Are users aware of the new feature additions and tools?

3. Existing UI tool maintainability

Do we have the right (and stable) dependencies? Should we start enforcing "pinning"?

4. Code-generator

Do we envision further grammar additions? What are they?

5. 'Absorbing' e.g. PaNOSC developments

How do we integrate e.g. tools developed in the PaNOSC project, how do we promote their use?

6. Dissemination

YouTube videos? E.g. on https://www.youtube.com/@McStas

7. Testing and validating our code

Is https://new-nightly.mccode.org what we want? Coverage?

8. Funding resources, in-kind resources

Relevant, upcoming EU calls. Can we get e.g. the Americans, Swiss, UK and Japanese more involved?

9. Extending and perfecting the sample suite

Union vs. "monolithic" components. Can we find a way to avoid code duplication?

10. Key software parts that need a work-over