[ImageJ-devel] Disruptive ImageJ updates this Friday

[Curtis Rueden]

Hi everyone,

> The new ImgLib2 components will be uploaded to the core
> ImageJ and Fiji update sites this Friday, December 19.

The update is complete: the release version of ImgLib2 is now distributed
with ImageJ. All libraries and plugins on the ImageJ and Fiji update sites
have been updated accordingly, and should continue working as before. As
always, please report any issues you encounter.

This update also includes the BigDataViewer libraries and plugin suite on
the core Fiji update site. If you have the BigDataViewer update site
enabled, you should disable it in favor of the BigDataViewer that ships
with Fiji.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this update possible!

Cheers,
Curtis

P.S. If you have any other update sites enabled and they are not working
correctly (especially if you see errors containing "ClassNotFoundException"
or "NoSuchMethodError" with "net.imglib2"), chances are that the author of
those plugins needs to update them to work with the release version of
ImgLib2. Please report such issues via Help > Report a Bug.

On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Curtis Rueden <ctrueden at wisc.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> In the wake of the recent ImgLib2 release [1], the new ImgLib2 components
> will be uploaded to the core ImageJ and Fiji update sites this Friday,
> December 19.
>
> While we have made a concerted effort to update all core ImageJ and Fiji
> components to the new version of ImgLib2, there are still consequences to
> this upgrade:
>
> - ImageJ users: **plugins on third party update sites may break** if they
> use an outdated version of ImgLib2. If you use a lot of update sites, be
> cautious about updating during this transitional period. There is a new
> 2014-Nov-25 Life-Line version of Fiji available for download [2], in case
> you need to roll back.
>
> - Plugin developers: **you should update your plugins** which use ImgLib2
> to depend on the latest version [3]. Then after Friday's upload, please
> upload your updated versions. If you need any assistance, send a mail to
> imagej-devel and/or fiji-devel.
>
> Now that the library is out of beta, the ImgLib2 developers will make
> every effort to maintain backward compatibility.
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
> [1] http://imagej.net/2014-12-10_-_ImgLib2_released
>
> [2] http://fiji.sc/Downloads#Fiji
>
> [3] One easy way to do this is to extend pom-imagej 5.2.1, or pom-fiji
> 6.1.1 if your plugin is a Fiji component. If in doubt, check your
> dependency hierarchy to make sure you are depending on imglib2 2.0.1 or
> newer (you can run "mvn dependency:tree" or check the Dependency Hierarchy
> in Eclipse). Further reading: http://imagej.net/Architecture
>
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