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Welcome to Release 5.7, a bug-fix release for the DSpace 5.x platform. For information on upgrading to DSpace 5, please see Upgrading DSpace.

5.8 Release Notes 

Note
titleWe recommend users of DSpace 5.x who use the ImageMagick Thumbnail filter process to upgrade to 5.8

DSpace 5.8 contains a fix to the ImageMagick thumbnail creation process. We recommend that DSpace 5.7 users who use the ImageMagick thumbnail process in DSpace 5.x upgrade to DSpace 5.8.

DSpace 5.8 upgrade instructions are available at: Upgrading DSpace

DSpace 5.8 contains a fix for a bug introduced in DSpace 5.7. As it only provides bug/security fixes, DSpace 5.8 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 5.x for most users. No database changes or additional configuration changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 5.x to 5.8.
 

Major bug fixes include:

  • Resolve a performance issue in the ImageMagick Thumbnail Creation process for PDF files. 
    Jira
    serverDuraSpace JIRA
    serverIdc815ca92-fd23-34c2-8fe3-956808caf8c5
    keyDS-3661

Other fixes

  • Update automated testing resources
  • Set a particular version for CSS processing in Mirage2

5.8 Acknowledgments 

The 5.8 release was led by the DSpace Committers.

The following individuals provided code or bug fixes to the 5.7 release: Terry Brady (terrywbrady), Tim Donohue (tdonohue), Hardy Pottinger (hardyoyo).  Release support provided by Mark Wood (mwood).

5.7 Release Notes 

Note
titleWe highly recommend ALL users of DSpace 5.x upgrade to 5.7

DSpace 5.7 contains security fixes for the XMLUI and JSPUI and REST. To ensure your 5.x site is secure, we highly recommend ALL DSpace 5.x users upgrade to DSpace 5.7.

DSpace 5.7 upgrade instructions are available at: Upgrading DSpace

DSpace 5.7 is a security & bug fix release to resolve several issues located in previous 5.x releases. As it only provides bug/security fixes, DSpace 5.6 7 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 5.x for most users. No database changes or additional configuration changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 5.x to 5.7.
 

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