[OpenSPIM] OpenSPIM update site

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi Monika,

On 2015-05-05 17:29, m.pawlowska at nencki.gov.pl wrote:
> W dniu 2015-05-05 14:03, Johannes Schindelin napisał(a):
> 
>>> if I want to get OpenSPIM through fiji update site, I also need to
>>> activate the MicroManager-dev update site, or will it be installed
>>> automatically as a dependency of OpenSPIM?
>> 
>> It will be added automatically when you restart after activating the
>> OpenSPIM update site.
> 
> And what version of Micro-Manager will be downloaded? The last
> release, the nightly build, or something else?

The Micro-Manager-dev update site is populated automatically by the 
nightly build (read: by Micro-Manager's very own Jenkins job).

> I'm confused, because in the "About MicroManager" it says "MM Studio 
> version: 1.4.22 20150430, MMCore version 7.0.2" (I updated today) while 
> on the Micro-Manager website it says "Download Micro-Manager Latest 
> Release, Micro-Manager 1.4.21 (April 30, 2015) ". Yet the newest 
> nightly build is from May 4th.

Yeah, 1.4.22 is definitely wrong, most likely a typo (or preparing for 
the next release which is due July 31st).

The version you have as per the Micro-Manager-dev update site would be 
most appropriately described as 1.4.22-SNAPSHOT, i.e. a volatile version 
leading up to 1.4.22.

> I'm asking because I'm having issues with Micromanager, more precisely
> with Tools->Pixel Size Calibration, and I'm wondering whether going to
> an older or newer version would remove them.

The Micro-Manager developers are extremely helpful and nice, and they 
are very responsive (but keep in mind that they are in a different time 
zone: San Francisco, i.e. 9 hours behind us). I would suggest to write a 
mail to micro-manager-general at lists.sourceforge.net that describes the 
problem precisely -- ideally in such a manner that it is easy for any 
reader to reproduce the problem quickly. In my experience, most such bug 
descriptions on the mailing list are addressed swiftly.

Ciao,
Johannes