[ome-devel] Release of Bio-Formats 5.1.5

[Helen Flynn (Staff)]

Dear All,

Today we are releasing Bio-Formats 5.1.5, a point release focusing on bug fixing:

Java bug fixes include:

  *   ImageJ plugins
     *   fixed use of "Group files..." and "Open files individually" options
     *   fixed placement of ROIs
     *   fixed size of the "About Plugins > Bio-Formats Plugins" window
  *   xsd-fu (code generation)
     *   removed OMERO-specific logic
  *   Metamorph
     *   fixed physical Z size calculation
  *   Gatan DM3/DM4
     *   fixed physical pixel size parsing
  *   BMP
     *   added support for RLE compression
  *   DICOM
     *   updated to respect the WINDOW_CENTER tag
     *   fixed image dimensions when multiple sets of width and height values are present
  *   Fluoview and Andor TIFF
     *   fixed physical Z size calculation
  *   Imspector OBF
     *   updated to parse OME-XML metadata (thanks to Bjoern Thiel)

C++ changes:

  *   TIFF strip/tile row and column calculations corrected to compute the correct row and column count
  *   several compiler warnings removed (false positive warnings in third-party headers disabled, and additional warnings fixed)
  *   it is now possible to build with Boost 1.59 and compile with a C++ 14 compiler

The source release is now provided in both tar.xz and zip formats.

The documentation has also been updated, with substantial updates to the format pages:

  *   improved linking of reader/writer classes to each format page
  *   improved supported metadata pages for each format
  *   updated format page formatting for clarity
  *   new developer documentation for adding and modifying format pages

Full details can be found at http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/support/bio-formats5.1/about/whats-new.html

The software is available at:
http://downloads.openmicroscopy.org/bio-formats/5.1.5

The C++ superbuilds and platform builds will be released shortly.

Any problems or comments, please use the OME Forums or mailing lists:

http://www.openmicroscopy.org/site/community

Regards,

The OME Team


Dr Helen Flynn
OME Technical Writer
Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression
Open Microscopy Environment
University of Dundee
http://openmicroscopy.org<http://openmicroscopy.org/>


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