Contribute to the DSpace Development Fund
The newly established DSpace Development Fund supports the development of new features prioritized by DSpace Governance. For a list of planned features see the fund wiki page.
Version 1.6.1
We invite developers to help with the next maintenance release of DSpace. DSpace 1.6.1 is a bug fix release to resolve any issues located within DSpace 1.6.0 (see DSpace Release 1.6.0 Notes). Contributors are strongly encouraged to obtain the source code using SubVersion. This is very straightforward, and we've published a guide to doing so here: ContributionGuidelines
Organizational
Release Coordination
- Primary Release Coordinator: Kim Shepherd
- Backup Release Coordinator: TBD
Timeline and Proceeding
Release Timeline:
- Scheduled for release in Second Quarter (Q2) of 2010.
Testathon details available at DSpace_Release_1.6.1_Testathon_Page
Release Process needs to proceed according to the following Maven release process ReleaseProcedure
New Features/Changes
1.6.1 is a bug-fix only release. This means it will include no new features and only includes fixes for bugs which were found in the 1.6.0 release.
Known Issues
Also: Known bugs affecting 1.6.1
Changes
Changes which are currently marked for release in 1.6.1 are available on the 1.6.1 Release page in Jira