Version 1.5.0

Installation Documentation

The DSpace System Documentation is available from our list of DSpace Resources.

Release Notes

• Major code reorganisation: See Simple add-on mechanism
  • Componentisation
  • Apache Maven-based build system
• sitemaps.org and HTML SiteMap support
• Event publish/subscribe system: See prototype
• Manakin, Cocoon-based UI framework
• 'Lightweight' Network Interface (LNI)

Organizational

Release Coordination

• Scott Phillips
• Richard Jones
• Mark Diggory

Timeline and Proceeding

Please assign yourself to the trackers on SF and put anything you want to get done in the wiki.

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• 13th Feb - Release Beta 1 (Completed)
• 18th to 22nd Feb - DSpace 1.5 DSpace + Release + 1.5.0 + Testathon + Page (Completed)
• 10th March - Release Beta 2 (Completed)
• 24th March - Release DSpace 1.5 (Completed)

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If you want to provide a test instance for 1.5 development, check out code from the 1.5x branch:

 https://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/dspace/branches/dspace-1_5_x/

 /path/to/your/src

 svn co

General Major Changes

• Code Reorganization (including new Maven based build system)
• Manakin
• Addon/Event Mechanism
• New Browse System
• Configurable Submission System

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