Developers Meeting on Thurs,

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April 3, 2025

Time/Location

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• Discussion Topics - If you have a topic you'd like to have added to the agenda, please just add it. 
  1. DSpace & DSpace-CRIS potential merger discussions
     1. DSpace and DSpace-CRIS Planning Groups - wiki pages to follow along with ongoing discussions.
  2. DSpace 9.0 release (see release schedule above)
     
     1. REMINDER: Tomorrow is the "9.0 Release Candidate"
     2. Next week is 9.0 Testathon
     3. Feature Documentation to prepare for for 9.0 Testathon. 9.0 Documentation Wiki Space: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC9x
     4. High Priority Bug: Downloads are not working on "main" branch: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/4122
     5. 9.0 High Priority Dependency / Feature PRs should be reviewed/merged in this order:
        1. Refactor menu resolvers: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/3994
        2. (Time permitting) Migration to NX & refactor into libraries: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/4019  (This may be delayed to immediately post-9.0 if we don't have time to give it a thorough test/review)
  3. Other topics
     
     1. (Please add any here that you'd like to discuss)
• Board Review:
  • 9.0 Project Board - Review PRs collaboratively or Assign new PRs to volunteers to code review and/or test.
  • Backlog Board - Are there any tickets here stuck in the "Triage" column?  We'd like to keep this column as small as possible.
  • 8.x and 7.6.x Maintenance Board - Known bugs can be found here, along with any backported bug fixes.
• Upcoming Topics: (Let us know if there are topics you want to discuss in future weeks)
  
  • Ongoing Discussions (temporarily put on hold until there are updates):
    1. High CPU with DSpace 7 SSR: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/3110  (This should be alleviated through several SSR related performance improvements coming in 7.6.3 and 8.1)
    2. Simplifying the Installation Process: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/3184
  • Discussion: how to keep message catalogues in sync? https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/3334

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See Trading reviews on Pull Requests for how to get immediate attention to that PR!

Notes

• Overview of upcoming activities related to 9.0
  • Tomorrow is the 9.0 Release Candidate.  This is not considered a stable release and should not be used in production.  It's only to be used during the 9.0 Testathon for testing the new 9.0 features
  • Before Testathon: As much as possible, please document new features on our wiki .  New features listed at 9.0 Release Notes. Most of these need to be linked up to documentation in the 9.0 docs.
    • If this cannot be completed before Testathon, then they can be worked on during  testathon.  However, undocumented features are unlikely to be as thoroughly tested.
  • 9.0 Testathon starts next Monday (April 7) through April 18.  Everyone is encouraged to participate. 
    • It's important for developers to concentrate most on testing local installations  and features/integrations that are not easy to test from the Sandbox Site (https;//sandbox.dspace.org)
    • DCAT members primarily test via the Sandbox site. Developers can help there as well if desired
  • 9.0 Translations - During testathon is a good time to start translations of 9.0.  As we have all features merged, it's less likely for new translation keys to be added to 9.0 in the coming weeks.  
• Pascal & Kim note they are working on improvements to saving Submission forms.  On save, sometimes a large number of requests are dispatched at once.  By using debouncing, they are able to minimize the requests.  See https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/3162#issuecomment-2758029112
  • Should have a PR in the coming week(s).
  • Giuseppe volunteered to look at the PR once it is ready, as he has an interest in this work.
• High Priority Bug: Downloads are not working on "main" branch: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/4122
  • Art noted that the issue is related to Matomo.  He notes "If I leave this switchmap out, it works again: https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/blob/4ba9a4bf8f5151852128ca8707cb621f95ad8b60/src/app/bitstream-page/bitstream-download-page/bitstream-download-page.component.ts#L124-L129 "
  • Giuseppe & Andrea at 4Science have been assigned to it.
  • Tim should be assigned to the PR once it is ready.
• Reviewed a few PRs from our Board
  • https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/9845 - Assigned to Giuseppe.  Needs some examples of how to test or maybe automated tests?  (Kim notes this is lower priority)
  • https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/3390 - Assigned to Giuseppe & Tim.  Need to understand new ESLint rules better
  • https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/pull/4121 - Seems to have a lot of recent attention as it fixes search filters sometimes not loading on MyDSpace.  Has several testers & this affects all branches.  Alex & Tim assigned.
• Next week's meeting:  We'll check in about Testathon progress and see if anyone has found issues to discuss.

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