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Version 6.2
DSpace 6.2 is not yet released, but will be available for testing at http://demo.dspace.org the week of Aug 21-25. Assuming the testing goes well, we hope to release 6.2 in late August or very early September.
We highly recommend ALL users of DSpace 6.x upgrade to 6.2
DSpace 6.2 contains important performance improvements and database connection (Hibernate) enhancements which resolve several bugs in either 6.0 or 6.1. To ensure your 6.x site is performant, we highly recommend ALL DSpace 6.x users upgrade to DSpace 6.2.
DSpace 6.2 upgrade instructions are available at: Upgrading DSpace
Summary
DSpace 6.2 is a bug fix release to resolve several issues located in previous 6.x releases. As it only provides only bug fixes, DSpace 6.2 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 6.x for most users. No database changes or additional configuration changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 6.x to 6.2.
Major bug fixes include:
- Important bug fixes to DSpace database connection/caching management
- Indexing: Items failed to be reindexed after metadata changes were made: DS-3660
- Batch processing: XMLUI Batch Import Failure: DS-3648
- Group creation: Database migrations sometimes failed to create initial groups (Administrator and Anonymous) in fresh_installs: DS-3659
- Cache management: DOIOrganiser CLI does not change the database anymore: DS-3656
- General bug fixes (to all UIs):
For more information, see the Changes section below.
Upgrade Instructions
- For upgrade instructions from ANY PRIOR VERSION to 6.2, please see Upgrading DSpace
No new features in DSpace 6.2
6.2 is a bug-fix only release. This means it includes no new features and only includes the below listed fixes.
For a list of all new 6.x Features, please visit the 6.x Release Notes.
Changes
The following bug fixes were released in 6.2.
Organizational Details
Release Coordination
- Release Coordinator: The Committers Team (shared coordination)
Timeline and Proceeding
Release Timeline:
- Release Date: August 2017?