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The newly established DSpace Development Fund supports the development of new features prioritized by DSpace Governance. For a list of planned features see the fund wiki page.
Version 5.1
DSpace 5.1 is still in the planning stages and will be released sometime in February/March 2015.
DSpace 5.1 was officially released to the public on MM DD, 2015.
DSpace 5.1 can be downloaded immediately at either of the following locations:
SourceForge (Zip): https://sourceforge.net/projects/dspace/files/
GitHub: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/tree/dspace-5.1 (Git tag "dspace-5.1")
In addition, you are welcome to try out DSpace on http://demo.dspace.org/ and continue to provide any feedback you may have.
We recommend DSpace 5.x users upgrade to 5.1
Generally we recommend all DSpace 5.x users upgrade to DSpace 5.1 to receive several bug fixes. However, if you decide that none of the bug fixes are relevant for you then there is no urgent case for upgrading.
Summary
DSpace 5.1 provides bug-fixes and minor improvements to the 5.x platform. As it only provides bug-fixes, DSpace 5.1 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 5.x for most users. No database changes or additional configuration changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 5.x to 5.1.
Issues which have been resolved in 5.1 include:
- bug title (DS-xxxx)
- ...
- Other minor fixes. See Changes in 5.x section for a list of all fixes.
Upgrade Instructions
- For upgrade instructions for 5.x to 5.1, please see Upgrading From 5.0 to 5.x <-- TODO
- If you are upgrading from 4.x to 5.1, please see Upgrading From 4.x to 5.x. <-- TODO
- For general upgrade instructions, please see Upgrading DSpace
No new features in DSpace 5.1
5.1 is a bug-fix release. This means it includes no new features and only includes fixes for bugs which were found in the 5.0 release.
For a list of all new 5.x Features, please visit the DSpace 5.0 Release Notes.
Scheduled for possible release
The following unresolved tickets are currently scheduled for DSpace 5.1. This does NOT guarantee that they will be fixed in this release, however, we hope to find volunteers to help accomplish as many of these tickets as possible:
Changes
The following improvements were released in 5.1.
Bugs
The following bugs were fixed in 5.1:
Organizational Details
Release Coordination
- Release Coordinator: Committers Team (shared coordination) led by TODO
Timeline and Proceeding
Release Timeline:
- Release Date: MM DD, 2015
Release will proceed according to our Release Procedure.