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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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Deadline for feature pull requests | If you wish to contribute features to DSpace 8.0, you must submit a pull request by this date. | |
Feature PR Review/Test Deadline | Initial reviews/testing of PRs should be completed by all assigned reviewers. | |
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. | |
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. | |
Early documentation / bug fixes | Code cleanup prior to Release candidate. | |
Release Candidate 1 tagged | A DSpace 8.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing. | |
Testathon | Intensive public testing of the 8.0 Release Candidate is invited. The Release Team will focus on getting problems resolved. | |
(To be determined) | Extended Bug Fixing | Testathon was very successful in finding bugs in pre-8.0. We are currently running at least a week or two behind schedule as we work to ensure the major bugs have all been fixed. The below deadlines will be updated once we have a final schedule.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. |
| Deadline for bug-fix pull requests | Bug fixes should ideally be submitted by this date. |
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. | |
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, May 20, 2024 June 25, 2024 (tentative) | DSpace 8.0 is publicly released | DSpace 8.0 is released for download and general use. |
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