On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Richard Sims <r...@bu.edu> wrote: > As I indicated, I have been attempting to bring our 1.7 implementation up to > a 3.1 level. Across that void there have been substantial changes.
I'm sorry, I misread 1.7 as 1.8. You're right, of course. > Please don't expect DSpace adopters to be Java programmers. It's bad enough > that mortals have to delve into trees of XML files to make intricate changes. > There needs to be straight-up, useful documentation of DSpace parameters. No > one should have to spend hours trying to divine what cryptic parameters are > all about. And I say this as someone who has been doing systems work and > documentation for 30 years. > Frankly, I'm appalled at how primitive DSpace is, and what people have to go > through to tailor it. This is not 21st century stuff - it's more like what we > went through in the 1980s to configure systems. DSpace is giving open source > software a bad reputation in having gross deficiencies like this. I'm aware that our documentation has its problems in many areas, unfortunately. As you surely understand this is a purely volunteer effort and manpower is a problem - moreover, there are not many experts available for specific areas like this one. If you happen to figure out your problem, we would appreciate if you could rewrite whatever you feel is lacking in a manner that will be easy to understand for future visitors. Editing the wiki is not restricted and only requires registration. We're giving edit access to the offical documentation on request (to prevent spam) - simply send us your Jira/wiki username. Good luck with your DSpace implementation and sorry I couldn't help in this case. Regards, ~~helix84 Compulsory reading: DSpace Mailing List Etiquette https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech List Etiquette: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
