Release of OMERO 5.3.3

Today we are releasing OMERO 5.3.3, a bug-fix release. Improvements include:

• support for two new lookup tables from Janelia.org
• fixed loading of Well in right-panel when browsing Well under Tag tree or from search results
• fixed rotation of labels in figure scripts

Sysadmin changes include:

• clarified the upgrade of the “Open With” option
• allowed installation of OMERO.web with ice 3.5
• fixed recursive loading of feedback in OMERO.web
• provided patch for OMERO.server installation on OS using OpenSSL 1.1.0 e.g. Debian 9 (see troubleshooting)

Developer updates include:

• added an example of how to retrieve shapes from a ROI using batch querying for scalability
• improved logging of errors during deletion
• added new methods to Java Gateway
• improved login options in Java Gateway
• specified an image’s dataset in its URL to give more context to OMERO.web apps

This release also upgrades the version of Bio-Formats which OMERO uses to 5.5.2, including bug fixes for six file formats (see Bio-Formats version history for full details).

The software is available at archived downloads.

Upgrade information is at server upgrade.