[GMOD-devel] New Apollo Release 2.0.3 (JB1.12.2-apollo)

[Monica Munoz-T. <mcm...@lb...>]

*We are pleased to announce the latest Apollo release*
*Apollo 2.0.3*

*Some of the new features include: *

   - Ability to export Apollo annotations into a Chado database - and
   ability to update an existing Chado database.
   - Users now have the ability to change the type of genomic element they
   are annotating after it has been dragged to the User-created Annotations
   area (e.g. from '*gene*' to '*pseudogene*')
   - Users can now have multiple tabs open while simultaneously annotating
   genomic elements for 2 or more different organisms.
   - Usernames are no longer restricted to email addresses.
   - We have upgraded the JBrowse version to 1.12.2-apollo


*Some important fixes include: *

   - Users can now annotate genomic elements using evidence from Canvas
   tracks, using the 'right-click' menu options.
   - Comments are no longer restricted to only 256 characters.
   - The error caused from '*Undo*' operations on a pseudogene has been
   fixed.


* The* latest release* can be downloaded from GitHub at:
https://github.com/GMOD/Apollo/releases/

** Detailed, searchable documentation* on pre-requisites, configuration,
and installation guides found at:
http://genomearchitect.readthedocs.io/
<http://genomearchitect.readthedocs.io/en/stable/>

*** A more *detailed account of all changes* is available in the Apollo
 ChangeLog:
https://github.com/GMOD/Apollo/blob/master/ChangeLog.md

** Quick-Start Guide for Apollo 2.0.x:* If you already have Apollo instances
running, you can use your current JBrowse data directories. The quick-start
guide is available at:
http://genomearchitect.readthedocs.io/en/stable/Apollo2Build.html

** Migrating existing annotations: *You will need to migrate existing
annotations from Web Apollo 1.0.x. Please find detailed information about
migrating annotations at
http://genomearchitect.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Migration.html

** Troubleshooting, GitHub tracker, Mailing List:*

   - Browse the Troubleshooting guide at
   http://genomearchitect.readthedocs.io/en/stable/Troubleshooting.html
   - Open a GitHub issue at https://github.com/GMOD/Apollo/issues/
   - Post your questions on our mailing list at ap...@li...


** The Apollo User Guide* is available at
http://genomearchitect.org/users-guide/

** Public Demo:* If you are new to Apollo we encourage you to learn more
about our software and its functionality by taking a tour of our Apollo Demo
at http://genomearchitect.org/demo/

* *These and more details* are available from the README file on the Apollo
 repository:
https://github.com/GMOD/Apollo/blob/master/README.md




We look forward to your questions and suggestions.

Sincerely,
The Apollo Development Team <http://genomearchitect.org/about/>


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Monica Munoz-Torres, PhD.
Berkeley Bioinformatics Open-source Projects (BBOP)
Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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