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Tentative cut-off for PR merging:

May August 1 2020

Suggested pre-release application (usability, functional) tests for DSpace 6.4

The below cover most of the fixes and improvements in DSpace 6.4. If we can get volunteers pooled / assigned so that a couple of people are thoroughly testing each of the below functional areas, that'll help confidence in release stability and in catching any last minute problems:

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1. Build (

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1. with all modules, and Mirage 2)
2. Basic test of UIs, repository navigation
3. Export item as zip (both UIs)
4. Import item as zip (both UIs), with and without existing handle
5. OAI clear, reimport, cache purge
6. OAI identifiers and records for various contexts - spot-checking and log checking
7. Discovery full reindex (CLI), checking index records in Solr dashboard
8. Submission to collection, completing as many fields as possible, with and without bitstream, with and without workflow
9. Repeat submission, with SHERPA API key configured and make sure JSPUI policy info shows up and XMLUI link to policy info shows up, for a valid ISSN
10. Test Discovery browse (all UIs), filtering multiple times where possible
11. Test fulltext and thumbnail creation with the media filter
12. Test SWORDv1 submission (using supplied ‘example.zip’)
13. Test SWORDv2 submission (using supplied ‘example.zip’)
14. Test basic REST functionlity and reports at /rest/static/reports/index.html

Approved PRs that just need merging

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• https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+milestone%3A6.4+review%3Aapproved+

Issues / PRs for special attention (easy wins or "just one more +1!"), and larger changes that need testers

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Issues merged for 6.4, waiting on something else (eg. porting to other another version, or documentation)

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