Version 6.3

Summary

DSpace 6.3 is a bug fix release to resolve several issues located in previous 6.x releases. As it only provides only bug fixes, DSpace 6.3 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 6.x for most users. No database changes or additional configuration changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 6.x to 6.3.

Major bug fixes include

Update DSpace ORCID Integration to use ORCID API v2 (instead of now obsolete ORCID v1): DS-3447
Update DSpace Statistics to use GeoIP API v2 (instead of now discontinued GeoIP API v1): DS-3832
Database specific fixes
- Oracle database migration fix. Configurable Workflow migration threw errors: DS-3788
- PostgreSQL JDBC driver upgraded to latest version (to allow for full compatibility with PostgreSQL v10): DS-3854
- Fix issue where DSpace wasn't starting if it used a database connection pool supplied through JNDI: DS-3434
Search Fixes
- Fixed issues with Solr Search Query escaping in both UIs: DS-3507
Bitstream deletion issues ("dspace cleanup" command)
- Fixed issues where Bitstreams were not being flagged for deletion when an Item was deleted: DS-3729
- Fixed issues where Bitstreams were not being removed from assetstore even when flagged as deleted: DS-3627 and DS-3461
  - Note: This issue was limited to 6.0, 6.1 or 6.2, and specifically occurred when Item Level Versioning was NOT enabled (which is the default setting) or when Item Level Versioning was first enabled on DSpace version 6.0, 6.1 or 6.2
- Fixed issues where Bitstreams were removed from all versions of an Item (resulting in inaccurate versioning) when deleted from the latest version of an Item: DS-3627
  - Note: This issue was limited to 6.0, 6.1 or 6.2, and specifically ONLY occurred when Item Level Versioning was first enabled on DSpace version 4.x or 5.x (and that old versioning data had since been migrated to 6.x).
Other API-level fixes (affecting all UIs)
- Fixed issues where Item Level Versioning accidentally duplicated both metadata (DS-3703) and bitstreams (DS-3702)
- Fixed issue where Shibboleth authentication plugin appeared to login when no password provided: DS-3662
- Update last modified timestamp (on Item) when a new bitstream is added: DS-3734
- Ensure ImageMagick thumbnails respect the orientation of original file: DS-3839
- Fix MediaFilter performance issues (where it forgot to close an input stream): DS-3700
- Fix PubMed Import submission step (StartSubmissionLookupStep) to use updated URL of PubMed API: DS-3933
JSPUI fixes
- Fixed issues with authority control popup: DS-3404
- Fixed issues with pausing HTML5 uploads: DS-3865
XMLUI fixes
- Fixed performance issues for Items with 100+ bitstreams: DS-3883
- Fixed occasional Hibernate LazyInitializationException when completing submissions: DS-3775
- Fixed Unicode character issues in metadata: DS-3733
- Fixed bitstream download issues which could leave AWS connections open when using S3 storage backend: DS-3870
- Update Mirage2 to use recommended MathJax inline delimiters: DS-3087
- Updated MathJax CDN location: DS-3560
OAI-PMH Fixes
- Fixed Unicode character issues in metadata: DS-3733 and DS-3556
- Fix content type of OAI-PMH response: DS-3889
- Enhanced "oai import" command to report on items that cause indexing issues: DS-3852
REST API fixes and improvements
- Fixed issue where REST API was no longer able to return JSON responses: DS-3903
- Fixed update bitstream data returning 500 response: DS-3511
- Improvements to REST Based Quality Control Reports:
  - Enable login via Shibboleth: DS-3811
  - Add bitstream field data to item listing: DS-3704
  - Fix bug filtering for bitstream permissions: DS-3713
  - Improve ability to find withdrawn items: DS-3714

For more information, see the Changes section below.

Upgrade Instructions

For upgrade instructions from ANY PRIOR VERSION to 6.3, please see Upgrading DSpace

No new features in DSpace 6.3

6.3 is a bug-fix only release. This means it includes no new features and only includes the below listed fixes.

For a list of all new 6.x Features, please visit the 6.x Release Notes.

Changes

The following bug fixes were released in 6.3.

key	summary	type	created	updated	due	assignee	reporter	priority	status	resolution
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Suggested pre-release application (usability, functional) tests for DSpace 6

The below cover most of the fixes and improvements in DSpace 6.3. If we can get volunteers pooled / assigned so that a couple of people are thoroughly testing each of the below functional areas, that'll help confidence in release stability and in catching any last minute problems:

Discovery (Solr) searches, including browsing, pagination, filters, special characters and very long requests - Kim Shepherd
General test of OAI-PMH (both ways)
General test of REST API (aka Legacy REST) and REST Reports - Terrence W Brady
Flyway upgrades, fresh installs, database migrations
ORCID authority control - Kim Shepherd
Subscriptions (with the sub-daily script)
Statistics GeoIP (location) lookups and display - Kim Shepherd
CSV metadata exporting
General performance (and particularly: XMLUI + items with many bitstreams)
MathJAX rendering - Kim Shepherd

Approved PRs that just need merging

These PRs are flagged for 6.3 and already have approval. They should be reviewed again and either merged (& ported to master branch where applicable) or rescheduled (if for some reason the approval is not enough to get them into 6.3).

https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+milestone%3A6.3+review%3Aapproved+

TODO - Port to master branch and/or add documentation

All issues in this list are now merged for dspace-6.x, but need porting to master, or documentation added to the wiki, or both

Flyway migration errors on XMLWorkflow for Oracle:
- DS-3788: Flyway migration "Hibernate Workflow Migration" fails Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: (https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1912)
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to 6.x branch
  - Add documentation for Oracle users who have already run previous migration

Bitstream versioning:
- DS-3702 & DS-3703: Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration. Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1883
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master

Unclosed streams:
- DS-3700: Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1848
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master: via PR https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1963
  - PR requires rebasing

Workflow:
- DS-3522: Ensure Submission Policies are removed in XMLWorkflow Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1779
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master

Small and quick fixes:
- DS-3662: Prevent creating "empty" EPerson with Shibboleth auto-register Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1845
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master
- DS-3332: Correct Handle Canonical prefix Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1839
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Test
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Merge
  - Port to master
- DS-3681: DSpaceAuthorityIndexer improvements Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1835
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master
- DS-3682: Fix reusing of the same vocabulary dialog Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1831
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Test
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Merge
  - Port to master
- DS-3616: Fix nested vocabulary search Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1770/files
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer) skipping for small change / quick win
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master
- DS-2675: Bugfixing: Jump to value Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1730
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master

- DS-3693 Add plugin to index filenames and file descriptions for files in ORIGINAL bundle Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1838
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master (WIP https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2059)

OAI-PMH and Harvest
- DS-3707, DS-3715: Fixes to item level embargo/privacy in OAI-PMH Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration. Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1867
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Add Unit Tests
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master
- DS-3822: Don't guess XML structure during ingest Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.
  PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1941
  - First Review
  - Second Review
  - Third Review (PR is from a non-committer)
  - Add Unit Tests
  - Test
  - Merge
  - Port to master

DONE

https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/1896

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Withdrawn or shifted to 6.4

Items in this list are either withdrawn or are shifted over to a 6.4 milestone in Github because there are outstanding issues, or there is not enough movement on reviewing / testing / merging to get the code into DSpace 6.3 for a timely release