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<div class="">Today we are releasing OMERO 5.4.4, a bug-fix release which also introduces some new functionality.</div>
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<div class="">It includes a <b class="">security fix</b> for <a href="https://www.openmicroscopy.org/security/advisories/2017-SV6-job-file-link/" class="">2017-SV6 Job-File Link</a>.
<b class="">It is highly recommended that you upgrade your server.</b></div>
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<div class="">Improvements include:</div>
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<li class="">images can now be filtered by Tag in the center panel of OMERO.web</li><li class="">enabled search by “File” and “Tag” annotations separately in OMERO.web, as opposed to only being able to search by All annotations</li><li class="">fixed switching between grid display and thumbnail display in OMERO.web</li><li class="">fixed the image preview and disabled projection in OMERO.insight when trying to project an image with all the channels turned off</li><li class="">fixed parsing of polygons and polyline ROIs so they can be opened in ImageJ</li><li class="">fixed creation of OMERO pyramids for little-endian files</li><li class="">improved error message when login fails for OMERO.insight</li><li class="">improved handling of idle connections in OMERO.insight</li><li class="">improved loading speed of LUT</li><li class="">OMERO.insight and OMERO.importer are now compatible with Java 9</li></ul>
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<div class="">Sysadmin improvements include:</div>
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<li class="">improved installation documentation for OMERO.web, and OMERO.server on Debian 9, Ubuntu 16.04 and CentOS 7</li><li class="">added an admin command and script to allow deletion of corrupted pyramids created by a bug introduced with OMERO 5.2 (new uncorrupted pyramids can then be generated - see <a href="https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.4.4/sysadmins/server-upgrade.html" class="">Server
Upgrade</a> for details)</li><li class="">allowed enforcement of a secure connection when importing data</li><li class="">added commands to the CLI sessions plugin to enable the creation and removal of user sessions</li></ul>
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<div class="">Developer updates include:</div>
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<li class="">improved test infrastructure and coverage</li><li class="">allowed filtering by namespace (ns) in webclient, API and annotations</li><li class="">added support for more rendering parameters to the API</li><li class="">added the option to respect a specific tile size</li><li class="">added a method to load planes using JavaGateway</li><li class="">added an example to the documentation for using “sudo” to create sessions for others with the JavaGateway</li><li class="">documentation is now compatible with Sphinx 1.7</li></ul>
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<div class="">This release does not upgrade the version of Bio-Formats which OMERO uses, which remains at 5.7.3.</div>
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<div class="">Upgrade information is on the server upgrade page - <a href="https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.4.4/sysadmins/server-upgrade.html" class="">https://docs.openmicroscopy.org/omero/5.4.4/sysadmins/server-upgrade.html</a>. </div>
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<div class="">The software is available at <a href="https://www.openmicroscopy.org/omero/downloads/" class="">https://www.openmicroscopy.org/omero/downloads/</a></div>
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<div class="">Any problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists - <a href="https://www.openmicroscopy.org/support/" class="">https://www.openmicroscopy.org/support/</a></div>
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<div class="">Regards,</div>
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<div class="">The OME Team</div>
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<div class="">Dr Helen Flynn</div>
<div class="">OME Technical Writer</div>
<div class="">Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression</div>
<div class="">Open Microscopy Environment</div>
<div class="">University of Dundee</div>
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