DSpace 1.8.0 was officially released to the public on November 4, 2011.
DSpace 1.8.0 can be downloaded immediately at either of the following locations:
In addition, you are welcome to try out DSpace 1.8.0 on http://demo.dspace.org/ and continue to provide any feedback you may have.
DSpace 1.8.0 is a scheduled, "time-based" release. In order to decrease delays in releasing new features and increase transparency, the DSpace Developers have scheduled 1.8.0 in advance and are basing its features on what we are able to complete within that timeframe. Scheduling releases benefits us all as it should decrease the delays in releasing new features, and increase the transparency of the development process. The DSpace Developers feel that these benefits will far outweigh the cost of potentially having fewer major features in a given DSpace release. We hope the DSpace Community will also realize the immediate benefits, which should allow them to receive new features more quickly, rather than potentially waiting years for the next major release of the software. The DSpace Developers hope to continue this trend of "time based" releases with all future releases. |
In DSpace 1.8.0, there have been a few significant changes to how you upgrade and configure DSpace. Notably:
*The dspace.cfg has been "split up":* Many "module" configurations have now been moved out of the 'dspace.cfg' and into separate configuration files in the {{\[dspace\]/config/modules/}} directory. |
[Authentication Configurations|DSDOC18:Authentication Plugins] are now in {{\[dspace\]/config/modules/authenticate*.cfg}} files |
[Bulk Metadata Editing Configurations|DSDOC18:Batch Metadata Editing Configuration] are now in the {{\[dspace\]/config/modules/bulkedit.cfg}} file |
[Discovery Configurations|DSDOC18:Discovery] are now in the {{\[dspace\]/config/modules/discovery.cfg}} file |
[OAI-PMH / OAI-ORE Configurations|DSDOC18:OAI] are now in the {{\[dspace\]/config/modules/oai.cfg}} file |
[Solr Statistics Configurations|DSDOC18:DSpace Statistics] are now in the {{\[dspace\]/config/modules/solr-statistics.cfg}} file |
SWORD ([client|DSDOC18:SWORDv1 Client] & [server|DSDOC18:SWORDv1 Server]) Configurations are now in {{\[dspace\]/config/modules/sword*.cfg}} files |
dspace.cfg
configuration file.ant update
upgrade command now defaults to replacing any existing configuration files (though the existing configuration files will first be backed up to a file with the suffix *.old
).
ant update
command would leave existing configuration files intact (and you would have to manually merge in new configuration settings, which would be in a file with the suffix *.new
). If you prefer this previous behavior, you can still achieve the same result by running:
ant -Doverwrite=false update
.*WARNING:* If you choose to run {{ant \-Doverwrite=false update}} please be aware that this will not auto-upgrade any of your configuration files. This means you must closely watch the output of this command, and ensure you manually upgrade all configuration files in the {{\[dspace\]/config/}} directory as well as all Solr configurations/schemas in the {{\[dspace\]/solr/search/conf/}} and {{\[dspace\]/solr/statistics/conf/}} directories. |
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DS-982, DS-939 More Curation Tools/Plugins |
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DS-968 Configurable Reviewer Workflow
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DS-602 SWORD Client for DSpace |
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DS-1005 SWORDv2 Server Module |
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DS-528 RSS feeds will support richer features, such as iTunes podcast and publishing to iTunesU (see new "webui.feed.podcast.*" settings). |
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Discovery Enhancements |
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DS-964 Rewrite of Creative Commons licensing for XMLUI
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DS-749 Reordering of bitstreams. |
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DS-811 Ability to Withdraw/Reinstate/Delete Items in Bulk, via Batch Metadata Editing |
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DS-941 One for the techies. Split up dspace.cfg into smaller more easily managed files. For more info see Upgrading From 1.7.x to 1.8.x |
For a list of all features/improvement/bugs released in 1.8.0, see the 1.8.0 Version History. |
These addons will be "compatible with 1.8.0", but will require a separate, optional installation.
It has been decided that DSpace 1.8.0 will be released in Oct 2011. The exact date is still being worked out. What follows is a tentative release timeline - it has changed slightly from its original state, but the final release will still come out sometime in Oct 2011. |
Release Process needs to proceed according to the following Maven release process: Release Procedure