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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.

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Version 1.8.0

DSpace 1.8.0 is a scheduled, "time-based" release. In order to decrease delays in releasing new features and increase transparency, the DSpace Developers have scheduled 1.8.0 in advance and are basing its features on what we are able to complete within that timeframe.

Scheduling releases benefits us all as it should decrease the delays in releasing new features, and increase the transparency of the development process. The DSpace Developers feel that these benefits will far outweigh the cost of potentially having fewer major features in a given DSpace release. We hope the DSpace Community will also realize the immediate benefits, which should allow them to receive new features more quickly, rather than potentially waiting years for the next major release of the software. The DSpace Developers hope to continue this trend of "time based" releases with all future releases.

New features in DSpace 1.8

New Features are yet to be determined. If you have ideas or code you'd like to see make it into DSpace 1.8.0, please submit it to our Issue Tracker

  • For a list of all features/improvement/bugs currently scheduled for 1.8.0, see the 1.8.0 Version in our Issue Tracker.
  • NOTE: This listing is not finalized, and is likely to change. Not all features/improvements/bugs currently scheduled for 1.8.0 are guaranteed to be in that release.

Organizational Details

Release Coordination

Timeline and Proceeding

Release Timeline:

  • (tick) August 13, 2010 : Milestone 1 - "Feature Decision Day"
  • (tick) October 22, 2010 : Feature Freeze
  • (tick) October 29, 2010 : Final Documentation "Due Date"
  • (tick) November 5, 2010 : Release Candidate 1
  • (tick) November 8-19, 2010 : 1.7 Testathon
  • (tick) December 3, 2010 : Release Candidate 2
  • (tick) December 6-15, 2010 : Final Testing / Bug Fixing
  • (tick) December 17, 2010 : Final Release

Release Process needs to proceed according to the following Maven release process: Release Procedure

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