[apollo] New Apollo Release 2.0.4 (JB1.12.2-apollo)

[Monica Munoz-Torres]

*We are pleased to announce the latest Apollo release*
*Apollo 2.0.4*

*Some of the new features include: *

- Users may download genomic sequences from highlighted regions.
- Information from parent features can be retained when loading
transcripts onto the 'User-created Annotations' area using the command
line.
- REMOTE_USER authentication and user authentication modules are now
available.
- Ability to enter pre-specified (canned) values for *Attributes* in the
'Information Editor', similar to canned *Comments*.
- Added documentation for using Apollo with Docker
<https://github.com/GMOD/Apollo/blob/master/docs/Setup.md#configure-for-docker>
.

*Some important fixes include: *

- Fixed multiple errors in add_transcript_from_gff3_to_annotations.pl
script
- Fixed service timeout / disconnection silent error
- Fixed several deployment installation issues


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

** 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 ***@lists.lbl.gov


** 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 at the Apollo Website
<http://genomearchitect.org/> and 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

Mailing Address:
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