All,
I know it's been a long time coming. But, I'm pleased to announce that
the DSpace 6.0 codebase is now ready for Testathon! We will be holding a
two-week 6.0 Testathon extending from Monday, April 25 through Friday,
May 6.
Please help ensure the success of DSpace 6.0 by helping us to test it!
*6.0 Testathon: April 25 through May 6 *
During this two-week Testathon, we ask that you please take some time to
help us test out DSpace 6 by visiting http://demo.dspace.org and looking
for any issues, bugs, or general oddities. Look for the blue "Provide
Feedback" button to quickly and easily report issues from this demo site.
We also will make a 6.0 "Release Candidate 1" (6.0-RC1) release
available for download for anyone who wants to help test the upgrade or
installation processes. This RC1 downloadable release will be announced
just prior to Testathon.
As an additional testing option, you may choose to test 6.0 via the
latest Vagrant-DSpace (https://github.com/DSpace/vagrant-dspace).
Vagrant-DSpace will auto-install DSpace 6 on a local Virtual Machine
(VM) for you to perform quick and easy testing in a local environment.
Additional information on Testathon is being gathered at:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Release+6.0+Testathon+Page
*DSpace 6 features / changes to look for!*
DSpace 6 constitutes a massive overhaul of the underlying codebase
behind DSpace. It's a big step forward for our software platform, which
will help us more easily achieve our future RoadMap[1] goals.
As such, DSpace 6 contains a mixture of user facing features, systems
administration features, and backend API enhancements. Here's a brief
list of the major changes and features coming in 6:
* A major refactor of our underlying Java API (supporting UUIDs and
Hibernate) which will help ease ongoing maintenance efforts and
better support future roadmap goals. See
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Service+based+api
* Enhanced configuration system, supporting auto-reloadable
configurations and easier management of local settings (via a
local.cfg file). See
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Enhanced+Configuration+Scheme
and the 6.0 configuration documentation at
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC6x/Configuration+Reference
o Note: while many configurations are auto-reloadable, not ALL
will be guaranteed reloadable in DSpace 6. But, we hope that
will change in DSpace 7.
* Enhanced file (bitstream) storage plugins, including support for
Amazon S3 file storage. See
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC6x/Storage+Layer#StorageLayer-ConfiguringtheBitstreamStore
* Configurable site healthcheck (i.e. repository status) reports via
email. See https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-2659 and
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Healthcheck+reports
* REST API enhancements, including:
o Robust quality control reports for collection managers built on
the REST API. See
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC6x/REST+Based+Quality+Control+Reports
o Support for all authentication methods via REST (e.g.
Shibboleth, LDAP, etc)
* XMLUI enhancements, including:
o New framework for metadata import from external sources
(including an out-of-the-box plugin supporting PubMed, and
hopefully more coming soon). This concept was previously only
supported in JSPUI. Screencast example:
http://screencast.com/t/QBImSGbAUZ
o Extensible administrative control panel, allowing institutions
to override or customize this "control panel". See
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Extensible+control+panel
o Export of XMLUI search results to CSV (for batch metadata
editing). This feature was previously only supported in JSPUI.
See
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC6x/Batch+Metadata+Editing#BatchMetadataEditing-WebInterfaceExport
Additional minor 6.0 changes are noted here:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Release+6.0+Status
*Invitation for Translators!*
For those who like to help us translate our software into other
languages, the DSpace 6.0 codebase is in a stable enough state that
translations can be started. For more information on submitting
translations, please see
https://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=19006307
Thanks! We'll be sending out a reminder email next week with links to
further resources, test plans, etc.
Tim Donohue (on behalf of the Committers)
[1] DSpace RoadMap: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/RoadMap
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Tim Donohue
Technical Lead for DSpace & DSpaceDirect
DuraSpace.org | DSpace.org | DSpaceDirect.org
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