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Version 1.7.0

We invite developers to help with the next major release of DSpace, version 1.7.0.

Contributors are strongly encouraged to obtain the source code using Subversion (SVN). This is very straightforward, and we've published a guide to doing so here: ContributionGuidelines

DISCLAIMER: DSpace 1.7.0 is a scheduled, "time-based" release. In order to decrease delays in releasing new features and increase transparency, the DSpace Developers have decided to schedule 1.7.0 in advance and base its features on what we are able to complete within that timeframe. So, 1.7.0 will be a departure from 1.6.0 in that it may include less new features overall, but will be completed in a much tighter timeframe.

Organizational

Release Coordination

Proposal for Committer Group Coordinated Release: Since no one has volunteered as 1.7 Release Coordinator, we could manage this release from the overall Committers group. However, doing so will require us to establish some slightly more strict code committing "rules" which we all promise to follow.

Proposed 1.7 Code Committing Rules:

  1. No incomplete features in "Trunk", ever. If you are in-progress on a feature, create an SVN sandbox or module area to work on it, and pull it over to Trunk once it has been completed and is ready for testing & release.
  2. All new features must have documentation before committing to Trunk. If a feature has no documentation, it should not be committed to Trunk until there is some minimal documentation (minimal documentation includes documenting all configuration options).

Timeline and Proceeding

Proposed Release Timeline (all dates are tentative):

  • August 13, 2010 : Milestone 1 - "Feature Decision Day"
    • By this milestone, all major features or major architectural changes for 1.7.0 release should be approved by the DSpace Committers Group and be somewhere in SVN (they need not be fully finished, but should be moving along in their development process).
  • October 22, 2010 : Feature Freeze (all features must have initial documentation to be accepted)
    • All 1.7.0 features (major and minor) must be finished, committed to Trunk and have initial documentation. After this date, no new features will be accepted for the 1.7.0 release. Any features which are not finished or ready will need to be scheduled for the next DSpace release.
    • Modules which do not reside in Trunk (e.g. dspace-services) should also undergo a Feature Freeze on this date, so that we can work to stabilize all code used by out-of-the-box DSpace.
  • October 29, 2010 : Documentation "Soft Freeze"
    • All documentation changes need to be submitted.
  • November 5, 2010 : Release Candidate 1
  • November 8-12, 2010 : 1.7 Testathon Week
  • December 3, 2010 : Release Candidate 2 (if necessary), or Final Release
  • December 6-15, 2010 : Final Testing / Bug Fixing (if necessary)
  • December 17, 2010 : Final Release

Release Process needs to proceed according to the following Maven release process ReleaseProcedure

New Features/Changes

NOTE: The list of new 1.7.0 features has not been finalized. The features listed below may or may not make it into the final 1.7.0 release. Features will only be included if they are ready, stable and documented before the 1.7.0 Feature Freeze date listed above.

Potential 1.7.0 New Features (very tentative):

Changes

See the DSpace 1.7.0 JIRA Page for a list of all currently proposed changes.

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