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Release of OMERO 5.2.2

PostPosted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:04 pm
by jburel
Dear All,

Today we are releasing OMERO 5.2.2, a bug-fix release which also introduces some new client features. Improvements include:

  • display of ROI masks in OMERO.web image viewer
  • display of OMERO.tables data for Wells in the OMERO.web right hand panel
  • 'Populate Metadata' script to enable generation of OMERO.tables for Wells is now usable from both OMERO.web and OMERO.insight (note this is still in development and has some limitations)
  • measurement tool fixes
  • fixed pixel size metadata and scalebar in OMERO.web image viewer for images with pixel size units other than micrometer
  • fixed OMERO.web handling of turning off interpolation of pixels
  • previous and next buttons fixed in OMERO.web image viewer
  • delete and change group performance improvements
  • better handling of dates in search
  • client support for map annotations in OME-TIFF
  • disabled orphaned container feature
  • OMERO.web clean-up to remove obsolete volume viewer

Developer updates include:

  • Python API examples for creating Polygon and Mask shapes
  • Python API example for "Populate Metadata" to create OMERO.tables for Wells
  • OMERO.tables documentation extended
  • updated 'What's New for developers' to clarify that 'pojos' has been renamed as 'omero.gateway.model'
  • dynamic scripts functionality documented
  • dynamic loading of omero.client server settings into HTTP sessions

System administrator updates include:

  • clarification of OMERO.web documentation for nginx deployment, including an experimental solution to resolve download issues
  • documentation of hard-linking issues for in-place import on linux systems

This release also upgrades the version of Bio-Formats which OMERO uses to
5.1.8. For more information see https://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/sup ... s-new.html.

Note that the OMERO Virtual Appliance has been discontinued and will not be updated for version 5.2.2 or any later releases.

The software is available at:
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.2.2

Upgrade information is at http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/supp ... grade.html.

Regards,

The OME Team