Summary
The DSpace Demo Site (demo.dspace.org) should always run the latest, stable version of DSpace since this site is used for evaluating DSpace as a platform.
There would be significant benefit to running a cloud instance of the actively supported branches of DSpace (currently dspace-4_x, dspace-5_x, dspace-6_x). This would ensure that anyone in the community would have access to latest code under consideration for a release.
In particular, this would allow the DCAT team to conduct a testathon on a code base prior to the creation of a release/release candidate.
The DSpace 5.7 and DSpace 6.1 releases incorporated last-minute changes that unexpectedly introduced bugs into the system that were only discovered by running end to end functionality in DSpace. Because of these bugs, new releases will need to be created.
For major DSpace releases, a release candidate is generated. In order for the candidate to be tested, host institutions need to install, deploy and test the release candidate on their own network.
Related Conversations
- DCAT Meeting August 2017
- DSpace Developer Meeting 2017-08-09
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