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This documentation was produced with Confluence software. A PDF version was generated directly from Confluence. An online, updated version of this 5.x Documentation is also available at: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC5x |
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Support for DSpace 5 will be ending on January 1, 2023. See Support for DSpace 5 and 6 is ending in 2023 |
Welcome to Release 5.811, a bug-fix release for the DSpace 5.x platform. For information on upgrading to DSpace 5, please see Upgrading DSpace.
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DSpace 5.8 contains a fix to the ImageMagick thumbnail creation process. We 11 contains security and bug fixes for both the JSPUI and XMLUI. To ensure your 5.x site is secure, we highly recommend ALL DSpace 5.x users upgrade to DSpace 5.811. DSpace 5.8 11 upgrade instructions are available at: Upgrading DSpace |
Summary
DSpace 5.11 is a bug fix release to resolve several issues located in previous 5.x releases. As it only provides only security and bug fixes, DSpace 5.11 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 5.x for most users. No database changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 5.x to 5.11.
Security fixes include:
Major bug fixes include:
update-sequences.sql
script to dspace database
command: DS-4167 (#2361)sitemap.xmap
in Mirage 2: DS-3545 (#1691)Minor improvements include:
View the full list of changes for DSpace 5.11 on GitHub.
The 5.11 release was led by Alan Orth, Kim Shepherd, Nicholas Woodward and Hrafn Malmquist (of Cottage Labs)
The following individuals provided tests, code or bug fixes or review to the 5.11 release (in alphabetical order by given name): Andrea Bollini, Andrea Jenis Saroni, Andrew Bennet, Bram Luyten, Hrafn Malmquist, Iordanis Kostelidis, Jonas Van Goolen, Kim Shepherd, Kristof De Langhe, Lotte Hofstede, Luigi Andrea Pascarelli, Mark H. Wood, Pascal-Nicolas Becker, Philip Vissenaekens, samuel, Terry Brady, Tim Donohue.
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Unfortunately, bug fixes in the DSpace 5.9 release resulted in issues running DSpace 5.9 on Java 7, and with running the REST API and RDF interfaces. These issues are being resolved in an upcoming 5.10 release (see below for more details). Sites which are dependent on one of these features should consider upgrading directly from DSpace 5.8 to 5.10. |
Summary
DSpace 5.10 is a bug fix release to resolve JAR dependency issues found in DSpace 5.9 for users running Java 7 (regardless of Tomcat version).
This release also addresses a bug in the DSpace 5.9 release that prevented VIEW statistics from being logged by DSpace.
Other minor bug fixes have been included in the release.
Major bug fixes include
Other fixes include
To fully realize the benefit of this fix, a full discover reindex is recommended.
In addition, this release fixes a variety of minor bugs in the 5.x releases. For more information, see the Changes section below.
Upgrade Instructions
For upgrade instructions from ANY PRIOR VERSION to 5.10, please see Upgrading DSpace
No new features in DSpace 5.10
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5.10 is a bug-fix release. This means it includes no new features and only includes the above listed fixes. For a list of all new 5.x Features, please visit the 5.x Release Notes. |
The 5.10 release was led by Terrence W Brady.
The following individuals provided code or bug fixes to the 5.10 release: Terrence W Brady , Alexander Sulfrian , Philip Vissenaekens (Atmire) , Jozsef Marton.
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DSpace 5.9 contains security fixes for the JSPUI (only). To ensure your 5.x JSPUI site is secure, we highly recommend ALL JSPUI DSpace 4.x users upgrade to DSpace 5.9. DSpace 5.x XMLUI users may also wish to upgrade as several major bugs have been fixed in the XMLUI as well. DSpace 5.9 upgrade instructions are available at: Upgrading DSpace |
DSpace 5.9 is a security & bug fix release to resolve several issues located in previous 5.x releases. As it only provides bug/security fixes, DSpace 5.9 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 5.9.
JSPUI security fixes include
[HIGH SEVERITY] A user can inject malicious Javascript into the names of EPeople or Groups. This is most severe in sites which allow anyone to register for a new account. (https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-3866 - requires a JIRA account to access.)
Reported by Julio Brafman
[MEDIUM SEVERITY] Any user was able to export metadata to CSV format if they knew the correct JSPUI path/parameters. Additionally, the exported CSV included metadata fields which are flagged as hidden in configuration. (https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-3840 - requires a JIRA account to access.)
Reported by Eike Kleiner (ZHAW, Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
Major bug fixes include
In addition, this release fixes minor bugs in the 5.x releases. For more information, see the Changes in 5.x page.
The 5.9 release was led by the DSpace Committers.
The following individuals provided code or bug fixes to the 5.9 release: Pascal-Nicolas Becker, Ben Bosman, Terry Brady, Tim Donohue, Alex Magaz Graça, Lotte Hofstede, Ivan Masár, Hardy Pottinger, Kim Shepherd, Jonas Van Goolen and Mark H. Wood.
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DSpace 5.8 contains a fix to the ImageMagick thumbnail creation process. We highly recommend ALL DSpace 5.x users 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.
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" failed when using Oracle DB. (DS-2218)In addition, this release fixes a variety of minor bugs in the 5.x releases. For more information, see the Changes in 5.x page.
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