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Version 5.2
Support for DSpace 5 ended on January 1, 2023. See Support for DSpace 5 and 6 is ending in 2023
DSpace 5.2 was released to the public on May 20, 2015.
DSpace 5.2 can be downloaded immediately from:
More information on the 5.2 release (and the 5.x platform in general) can be found in the 5.x Release Notes.
Summary
DSpace 5.2 is a bug fix release to resolve several issues located in DSpace 5.0 and 5.1. As it only provides only bug fixes, DSpace 5.2 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 5.0 for most users. No database changes or additional configuration changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 5.x to 5.2.
This release addresses the following issues discovered in DSpace 5.x and below:
- Solr statistics issues:
- OAI fixes:
- - this changes the declared OAI deletion mode to "transient" which corresponds to what DSpace actually does
- REST API fixes:
- - update of the list of robots recognized by DSpace
In addition, this release fixes a variety of minor bugs in the 5.x releases. For more information, see the Changes section below.
Upgrade Instructions
- For upgrade instructions from ANY PRIOR VERSION to 5.2, please see Upgrading DSpace
No new features in DSpace 5.2
5.2 is a bug-fix release. This means it includes no new features and only includes the above listed fixes.
For a list of all new 5.x Features, please visit the 5.x Release Notes.
Changes
The following bug fixes were released in 5.2.
Organizational Details
Release Coordination
- Release Coordinator: Committers Team (shared coordination) led by Hardy Pottinger
Timeline and Proceeding
Release Timeline:
- Release Date: May 14, 2015 (tentative)
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