Version 4.1

Summary

DSpace 4.1 is a bug fix / security fix release to resolve any issues located within DSpace 4.0. As it only provides bug-fixes, DSpace 4.1 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 4.x for most users. No database changes or additional configuration changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 4.x to 4.1 (except for DS-1536; see below).

This small bug fix release addresses a number of issues that have cropped up in 4.x. These issues include:

• Fixed broken quick build (from [dspace-src]/dspace)
• Fixed a crash of DSpace during CSV import via BTE
• Fixed collection harvesting to DSpace via ORE
• Fixed deposit of new items via SWORD
• Several fixes to the XMLUI mobile theme
• Other minor fixes (see below)

Upgrade Instructions

• For upgrade instructions for 4.x to 4.1, please see Upgrading From 4.0 to 4.x.

  • If you're affected by DS-1536, DSpace 4.1 fixes it, but you still need to fix the incorrect metadata generated by DSpace 4.0. To do so, execute the following SQL against the DSpace database. Replace XXXXX with your handle prefix before the dot; e.g. if your prefix is "10123.1", replace "XXXXX" with "10123".

    The following code is believed to work (for Postgres), but hasn't been tested on an affected instance. Make sure to have a proper database backup before trying it and to verify whether it fixed the problem before moving on.

    List the affected items and metadata values:

    SELECT handle, text_value AS current, 'http://hdl.handle.net/'||handle as fixed 
    FROM metadatavalue, metadatafieldregistry, handle 
    WHERE text_value = 'http://hdl.handle.net/XXXXX'
    AND metadatafieldregistry.metadata_field_id = metadatavalue.metadata_field_id
    AND metadatafieldregistry.element = 'identifier'
    AND metadatafieldregistry.qualifier = 'uri'
    AND handle.resource_type_id = 2
    AND handle.resource_id = metadatavalue.item_id;

    Fix the affected items:

    UPDATE metadatavalue
    SET text_value = 'http://hdl.handle.net/14'||handle
    FROM metadatafieldregistry, handle
    WHERE text_value = 'http://hdl.handle.net/XXXXX'
    AND metadatafieldregistry.metadata_field_id = metadatavalue.metadata_field_id
    AND metadatafieldregistry.element = 'identifier'
    AND metadatafieldregistry.qualifier = 'uri'
    AND handle.resource_type_id = 2
    AND handle.resource_id = metadatavalue.item_id;

• If you are upgrading from 3.x to 4.1, please see Upgrading From 3.x to 4.x.
• For general upgrade instructions, please see Upgrading a DSpace Installation

No new features in DSpace 4.1

Changes

The following fixes were released in 4.1.

Organizational Details

Release Coordination

• Release Coordinator: Committers Team (shared coordination) led by Mark H. Wood

Timeline and Proceeding

Release Timeline:

• Release Date: February XX, 2014

Release Process will proceed according to the following Maven release process: Release Procedure