Release of OMERO 5.2.1

Today we are releasing OMERO 5.2.1, a bug-fix release focusing on improving our installation documentation and workflows. Other improvements include:

• bug fix for missing hierarchy when viewing High Content Screening data
• improvements to the right-hand panel in OMERO.insight
• measurement tool fixes
• OMERO.web fix for displaying size units

Users of the insight-ij plugin in Fiji should note that some versions of Java are failing to allow the plugin to connect to OMERO. Please refer to our help guide and try a different version of Java if possible.

Developer updates include:

• OMERO Javadocs now link to the relevant version of Bio-Formats Javadocs for inherited methods
• clean-up of server dependencies
• jstree clean-up
• CLI graph operation improvements for deleting
• minimal-omero-client and pom-omero-client clean-up

System administrator updates include:

• improved installation documentation, including an updated and tested complete walkthrough for installation on CentOS 6
• OMERO.web deployment fixes

Full details are available at OMERO version history.

OMERO 5.2.1 uses Bio-Formats 5.1.7, see Bio-Formats version historyfor details on recent format support fixes.

The software is available at archived downloads.

The Virtual Appliance (to allow you to test a server locally) now has its own downloads page and can be found on archived downloads.

Upgrade information is at server upgrade page.

For problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists