Page History

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•  Historically, DSpace has grown organically: if someone wants a new feature, it gets developed and contributed. It should be made clear that this roadmap is a departure from the way development has been done in the past.
• We do have a very active userbase, a lot of people are contributing. How do we sustain that?
• We are proposing that the model for DSpace development will have to change. We are proposing a much more managed process. We will be coordinating the work around releases and asking institutions to commit resources toward development sprints.
• Why we think this will work: Fedora 4
• We will need to change the rules for committers: as it is now, if enough committers agree on a feature, it gets in. Going forward, the committers will only work on features that are part of features should also be analyzed for whether they align with the roadmap.

Discussion on Sustainability Goals

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•  Concentration will be on the next two releases: 6 and 7
•  c.f. RoadMap wiki page
• Anonymous feedback can be given on the wiki
• DSpace 6.0 will be the last ad-hoc-development release, but with an eye to the roadmap; 7.0 will fully align with the be roadmap driven
• 7.0 will be late 2016 / early 2017
• Need to start planning immediately!

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