Re: [dspace-devel] Re: For DSpace 8: update Handle server

2019-03-19 Thread Tim Donohue
Hi Ian, Actually, you've come in at just the right time for DSpace 7. You are correct that DSpace 7 is aiming for a "Preview Release" by the end of March / early April (more likely to be the latter at this point). But, the "Preview" release is *not* feature-complete and is just an early preview

Re: [dspace-devel] Re: For DSpace 8: update Handle server

2019-03-15 Thread Ian Little
Hi, So, I spent some time exploring what it would look like to update Handle in DSpace 7. I pulled your master branch and added our internal Maven repository so that I could use the latest Handle release. It went pretty smoothly: to get a running Handle server, I had to change one line of Java,

Re: [dspace-devel] Re: For DSpace 8: update Handle server

2019-03-12 Thread Ian Little
Thanks, Tim. I understand that you all are super busy with DSpace 7 now. I just wanted to reach out and let you know that DSpace is on our mind as we work on improving the Handle software. I'll talk more with my colleagues and get back to you about what exactly we might be able to do to help with t

Re: [dspace-devel] Re: For DSpace 8: update Handle server

2019-03-08 Thread Tim Donohue
Hi Ian, Thanks for reaching out. A few honest notes here... first, Mark's initial emails here specifically mention DSpace 8 because, unfortunately, a Handle Server update isn't currently on the schedule for DSpace 7 (due out later this year -- likely late summer / early fall). We (the volunteer

Re: [dspace-devel] Re: For DSpace 8: update Handle server

2019-03-08 Thread Ian Little
Hi everyone, I work on the Handle codebase at CNRI and we wanted to let you know that we're interested in being helpful in DSpace's future work using Handle. The suggested approach of making Handle server installation a prerequisite is reasonable, and we'd be pleased to work with you to make it ea

[dspace-devel] Re: For DSpace 8: update Handle server

2019-02-27 Thread Mark H. Wood
I forgot one thing. There is no official Handle resolver Maven artifact at Central (or anywhere else that I know of). Long ago, probably around DSpace 4.0, when we switched to Maven, someone packed up the then-current version of the resolver and submitted org.dspace:handle. If we continue in thi