Notes from Dec 7 TSC meeting. (#1231)

Author: bcipriano

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+# OpenCue TSC Meeting Notes 7 Dec 2022
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+Secretary: Brian Cipriano
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+Agenda/Notes:
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+* Postgres upgrade/fixes
+    * https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue/pull/1199
+    * PR updated with some new research.
+    * DBA contact has reproduced problem but doesn't support Docker deployments. Confirmed this is
+      embedded-postgres issue only.
+    * Filed a ticket with the upstream project. Got a few suggestions.
+    * Will be hard to verify performance issues until it's in production and hard to roll back.
+    * Conclusion: Mac+Docker for production deployments is uncommon, this is mostly for developers.
+      Let's work around this for now, and look into the suggestions from the upstream ticket.
+      Hopefully we can track down the problem and avoid having to merge this PR.
+* Log4j update
+    * https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue/pull/1080
+    * Older PR, requested by user who tested and verified.
+    * Confirmed, we are good to merge this now.
+* PySide6
+    * https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue/pull/1195
+    * SPI: difficult to production test, PySide6 does not fit nicely into packaging system.
+    * Conclusion: we'll add the compatibility layer now, test as best we can, and merge as an
+      experimental feature. Issues may still be present but we can fix these as we go, and it will
+      be a better situation than we currently have, where CueGUI is not available at all for users
+      who can't access PySide2.
+* Postgres query issues
+    * New issue with very slow queries on the database side.
+    * Upgrade happened 3-4 months ago but symptoms didn't present until heavy production load.
+    * Debugged issue, found culprit is the `show` table, particularly a few stats columns. These
+      columns are updated multiple times per second under heavy load, and many other critical
+      queries join to the show table. This slows down the whole system.
+    * PR coming soon to separate these columns out into their own table/view.
+* Removing dead code
+    * https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue/pull/1178/files
+    * Can we ignore the version bump here?
+    * Diego will look into it offline.
+* akim-ruslanov PRs need update
+    * https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue/pull/1168
+    * https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue/pull/1167
+    * https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue/pull/1165
+    * Diego will look into these offline.
+* Blender update
+    * Blender has made progress on improved Python bindings. Should make it easier to avoid
+      compatibility issues in the future.
+    * They will support a build using VFX reference platform versions.
+    * March release for the initial implementation, this will be improved over the next few cycles.
+    * JT looking to hand this off soon.
+    * Nuwan is interested in working on the plugin as well. He should proceed, and we'll sync his
+      and JT's work if needed, or maybe JT will just use it as the base for his own work.