Developers Meeting on Weds, January 8, 2014

Agenda

Regular Items

• "JIRA Backlog Hour" : Every Weds at 19:00UTC in #dspace IRC we will be working together to tackle our JIRA Backlog of "Received" tickets. This regular meeting will continue until we've been able to catch up on our backlog.

Discussion Topics

1. Post-4.0, wondering if we should have a DSpace 1.7 EOL announcement?  "Now that 4.0 is out, a reminder that 1.7 and below are EOL. We encourage folks running those versions to upgrade for latest security/bug fixes, etc."
   1. Now that DSpace 4.0 is out, that means DSpace 1.7.x and below are End-Of-Life based on our DSpace Software Support Policy
2. "Requiring Documentation before a PR can be merged" - any new thoughts to this idea? Are we ready to bring to a vote?
3. Followup on "Let's talk about Features" Meeting idea (3rd meeting per month) from our DevMtg on Dec 18.  Do we want to try this out next week or brainstorm more / wait till Feb?
4. Other topics?

Additional Ongoing Topics

1. Brainstorming Features/Changes for future. Can we work towards development teams around any of these projects?
   
   • Larger DSpace projects which seem to have a lot of recent support:
     
     • Moving towards a Common "Business Logic" / Business Services API. (I.e. avoiding duplication of business logic in all UIs)
     • Metadata For All (i.e. metadata on all objects), SubTopic: Getting us up-to-date how we use Dublin Core / DCMI. (Support from DCAT)
       
       • Related: Proposal to Update DC Registry and Add DCTERMS Registry Latest page from DCAT with the summary & goals
     • AuthN & AuthZ issues, including: DS-1566 and developer meeting on May 2, 2012
   • Other DSpace projects receiving mention recently
     
     • "Change which UIs come out-of-the-box" (and which are optionally installed later)
     • Move configurations to DB or similar (so they can be managed/edited from Admin UI)
     • Other Development Proposals

Individual Status Updates

If you have status items to report, please enter them below at least 1 hour before the meeting starts.

Meeting Notes

Meeting Transcript

• Full IRC Transcript is available at - http://irclogs.duraspace.org/index.php?date=2014-01-08

Action Items

(Action items go here, if any)