[ome-users] OMERO versions

[josh.moore at gmx.de]

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Mikhail Kovtun writes:
 > Josh,
 > 
 > As I understood from your reply, the version in the trunk is workable -- 
 > in this case, I would like to try it. (Does "yellow" mean that there is 
 > no syntax errors but some tests fail?)

Exactly. Yellow means that there are failing tests, which at the
moment is no surprise since we are waiting on a new server for our
integration tests.

 > What do you think is better -- do build myself or download binaries? 
 > (Are binaries in 
 > http://warlock.openmicroscopy.org.uk:5555/job/OMERO/ws/trunk/dist ?)

The binaries are now zipped and archived by Hudson. See 
http://warlock.openmicroscopy.org.uk:5555/job/OMERO/lastSuccessfulBuild/


 > I would prefer to do build myself -- it gives me more flexibility in 
 > rolling back changes and more possibilities to learn OMERO code. Do you 
 > have any document describing build process (what components should be 
 > installed on the system, what environmental variables should be set, etc.)?

Sure. See
https://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/omero/wiki/OmeroContributing
for information on building from source.

 > Who is the best person to address questions regarding OMERO.Editor? 
 > After playing a bit with it, I have a number of questions and comments.

Mikhail meet Will Moore. Will meet Mikhail.

 > Best regards,
 > Mikhail Kovtun
 > 

Cheers,
Josh.


 > josh.moore at gmx.de wrote:
 > > Hi Mikhail,
 > >
 > > Mikhail Kovtun writes:
 > >  > Jason, Chris, and Josh,
 > >  > 
 > >  > I would like to learn a bit more regarding OMERO development. I am most 
 > >  > interested in new annotation/search capabilities.
 > >  > 
 > >  > 1) Should new annotation/search capabilities appear in version 3.0 Beta 3?
 > >
 > > Yes. They are both available in the server in trunk.
 > >
 > >  > 2) Is the scheduled data (April 15, 2008) realistic? If no, when one may 
 > >  > expect Beta 3?
 > >
 > > That's a question for the others.
 > >
 > >  > 3) What is the role of OMERO.Editor w.r.t. annotation/search? When it is 
 > >  > expected to be integrated with OMERO?
 > >
 > > One possible use case is that the output of the editor -- the protocol
 > > -- can be used to _annotate_ any of number of types (Image, Dataset,
 > > Project, Pixels,...) and then a user could use _search_ to find those
 > > Images, Datasets, etc. via the contents of the protocols. But, that's
 > > really just the beginning.
 > >
 > >  > 4) Does http://cvs.openmicroscopy.org.uk/svn/omero/trunk contains code 
 > >  > that is going to be version 3.0 Beta 3?
 > >
 > > Yes. Trunk is currently set for 3.0-Beta3. Though it's currently
 > > pretty actively developed, it should be possible to build it and try
 > > out the latest functionality. Take a look at:
 > >
 > > http://warlock.openmicroscopy.org.uk:5555/job/OMERO/
 > >
 > > which shows the current build status of the system.
 > >
 > > Best wishes,
 > > ~Josh.
 > >