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For all the details of the 8.0 release, see the Release Notes. To try out DSpace 8 immediately, see Try out DSpace 8. This includes instructions for a quick-install via Docker, as well as information on our Sandbox Site. To test an upgrade to DSpace 8.0 from 7.x or any prior version, see Upgrading DSpace
To install DSpace 8.0, see Installing DSpace.
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New Features / Improvements in 8.0
All new features, improvements and bug fixes included in 8.0 can be found in the 8.0 Release Notes.
Priorities for 8.0
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How these priorities were achieved in 8.0 can be found in the 8.0 Release Notes. |
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Friday, January 19, 2024 | Deadline for feature pull requests | If you wish to contribute features to DSpace 8.0, you must submit a pull request by this date. |
Friday, February 9 | Feature PR Review/Test Deadline | Initial reviews/testing of PRs should be completed by all assigned reviewers. |
Friday, February 23 | Feature PR Merge Deadline (Feature Freeze) | DSpace 8.0 is considered feature-complete on this date. All Feature PRs should be merged. Only bug fixes will be pulled between this date and final release. |
March 3 - March 29 | Major dependency updates | This is a period where the codebase will undergo major updates to support latest versions of Spring (supporting Jakarta EE) and Angular. |
April 1 - April 5 | Early documentation / bug fixes | Code cleanup prior to Release candidate. |
By Friday, April 5 | Release Candidate 1 tagged | A DSpace 8.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing. |
April 8-19 | Testathon | Intensive public testing of the 8.0 Release Candidate is invited. The Release Team will focus on getting problems resolved. |
Until May 17?31 | Extended Bug Fixing | Testathon was very successful in finding bugs in pre-8.0. We are currently running at least two weeks behind schedule as we work to ensure the major bugs have all been fixed. The below deadlines are tentative estimates for when the release will be made available. To see our current status, take a look at the high priority tasks remaining on our 8.0 board. Once high priority tasks are complete, 8.0 will be released. |
Friday, May 17 (tentative)June 7 | Deadline for bug-fix pull requests | Bug fixes should ideally be submitted by this date. |
Friday, May 24 (tentative)June 20 | Bug-Fix PR Merge Deadline (Code Freeze) | Ideally all bug fixes are merged by this date. Code is "frozen", with exceptions only made if major issues are discovered. |
May 27 - 31 (tentative) June 17-21 | Final Cleanup / Documentation | This week is set aside for any final cleanup (or very late bug fixes) that need to be applied to the code. Also used to finalize Documentation, Release Notes, etc. |
MondayTuesday, June 325, 2024 (tentative) | DSpace 8.0 is publicly released | DSpace 8.0 is released for download and general use. |
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