Contribute to the DSpace Development Fund
The newly established DSpace Development Fund supports the development of new features prioritized by DSpace Governance. For a list of planned features see the fund wiki page.
Version 8.0
At this time, version 8.0 planning has not yet begun. Below are just a list of discussion topics / features that have come up that might be considered for the 8.0 release. Additional topics / possible features also exist on our DSpace RoadMap.
Table of Contents:
Topics / Features to discuss for 8.0
The following is an (unordered) list of changes / new features that we'd like to see added to DSpace 7.0. If you have additional features to add, please feel free. We also NEED volunteers to make these features happen, so please do volunteer if you are willing to work on a particular change! Please note that we reserve the right to reschedule/reject any feature that may not align well with the longer term RoadMap.
Feature | Notes / Tickets | Priority | Volunteer(s) |
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Refactor of Submission/Workflow Backend |
| TBD | |
Migrate DSpace REST Report Tools to new REST API |
| TBD | |
Refactor code to enable production deployment of DSpace Containers | The possible deployment options and potential areas to refactor are captured here: DSpace Docker and Cloud Deployment Goals#DeploymentOptions | TBD | |
Merge Entity, Authority Record, and plain-text metadata | It can be argued that we are doing the same thing three different ways. Entities: Thinking Bigger
| TBD | |
Enrich our RDF with Entity data | TBD | ||
Pull Requests to review for possible inclusion
Code Changes in DSpace 8.0
New Features in 8.0
General Improvements in 8.0
Bug Fixes in 8.0
Organizational Details
Release Coordination
Release coordination is TBD for 8.0
Release Timeline
Please note that the dates below are estimates of when particular activities may occur. As there are many factors involved in a major release, these are subject to change.
Date | Milestone | What it means |
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TBA | Deadline for feature pull requests | If you wish to contribute features to DSpace 8.0, you must submit a pull request by this date. |
TBA | Feature freeze | DSpace 8.0 is considered feature-complete on this date. Only bug fixes will be pulled between this date and final release. |
TBA | Release Candidate 1 tagged | A DSpace 8.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing. |
TBA | Release Candidate 2 tagged | |
TBA | Testathon | Intensive public testing of the 8.0 Release Candidate is invited. The Release Team will focus on getting problems resolved. |
TBA | Release Candidate 3 tagged | An updated DSpace 8.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing. |
TBA | DSpace 7.0 is publicly released | DSpace 8.0 is released for download and general use. |
Release Process needs to proceed according to the following Maven release process: Release Procedure