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Here are the release notes for the most recent version of Islandora, as well as links to the appropriate Github repositories. Islandora is released twice a year. Rather than waiting for the release, some institutions prefer to run closer to the most recent code (known as HEAD or the 7.x branch), where bugs might be fixed or new features added. If you encounter a bug in the release (there are always known issues), it's a good idea to review the Github repository for that module to see if a fix has been submitted. Islandora runs a continuous integration testing framework, which means that new code for Islandora is always tested before being merged.

Downloads

Islandora 7.x-1.13 Virtual Machine (4.4GB .ova)

Essential Modules

Minimum Requirement

Starter Kit

Enhancement Modules

Solution Packs

Tools & Dependencies

Search

Islandora Scholar

Other Requirements

Ontology (Only as reference)

Release Notes

Some quick notes on community and contribution:deprecations, new versions and fixes:

• Islandora Internet Archive Bookreader is now using IA BookReader v2.x.
• Islandora Badges has deprecated its islandora_badges_get_doi() function in favour of islandora_badges_get_identifier_value()
• Islandora Scholar now uses v2.1.7 of the Citeproc utility
• Modules now contain a .github folder; we will be using this going forward to store a template for making pull requests that should be filled out when contributing.
• We're now maintaining an Awesome list at https://github.com/Islandora-Labs/islandora_awesome where users can take a look at some modules that aren't currently in the core rotation but could get added someday with enough love.
• For this and future releases, we've begun auditing ontologies in core. Head over to https://github.com/Islandora/islandora_ontology to check it out.

Supported Versions

Islandora has been tested with the following versions of major dependencies:

• Fedora 3.5, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.7.0, 3.8.0, 3.8.1
  
• GSearch 2.6.2 - 2.8(Remote Solr), HEAD
• Solr 3.6.2, 4.2.0, 4.10.x
  
• PHP 5.3.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0.x, 7.1.x
• Djatoka 1.1
  
• Cantaloupe IIIF Image Server 3.4.x/3.5.x
• Java (Oracle) 6, 7,8 (Djatoka requires Sun/Oracle Java). Java (Oracle) 6 as legacy version for older Fedora's. (Not recommended)

New Features

The following new features have been documented in the 7.x-1.8 13 release.

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The following improvements have been documented in the 7.x-1.8 13 release.

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The following bugs have been fixed and tested for the 7.x-1.13 release.

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The following code tasks and documentation tasks were completed for the 7.x-1.8 13 release.

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The following issues are known to still be active in the 7.x-1.8 13 release.

Acknowledgments 

This release was brought to you by the loving, committed, multi lingual, never sleeping and altruistic members of the Islandora 7.x-1.13 Release Team, including

• Adam Vessey

• Andrija Sagic

• Bayard Miller

• Ben Companjen

• Brandon Weigel

• Brian Harrington

• Bryan Brown

• Caleb Derven

• Carolyn Moritz

• Danny Lamb

• Derek Merleaux

• Devin Soper

• Diego Pino

• Don Richards

• Donnie Hardin

• Gavin Morris

• Janice Banser

• Jared Whiklo

• Johanna Vessey

• Jonathan Green

• Jordan Dukart

• Keila Zayas Ruiz

• Mark Jordan

• Martha Tenney

• Matthew Miguez

• Melissa Anez

• Nat Kanthan

• Nelson Hart

• Noah Smith

• Pat Dunlavey

• Paul Cummins

• Paul Trilsbeek

• Sarah Lippincott

• Scott Ziegler

• Shayne Walker

• William Panting