Version 5.9

Summary

DSpace 5.9 is a bug fix release to resolve several issues located in previous 5.x releases. As it only provides only bug fixes, DSpace 5.9 should constitute an easy upgrade from DSpace 5.x for most users. No database changes or additional configuration changes should be necessary when upgrading from DSpace 5.x to 5.9.

Major bug fixes include

Update DSpace ORCID Integration to use ORCID API v2 (instead of now obsolete ORCID v1): DS-3447
Update DSpace Statistics to use GeoIP API v2 (instead of now discontinued GeoIP API v1): DS-3832
Other API-level fixes (affecting all UIs)
- PostgreSQL JDBC driver upgraded to latest version (to allow for full compatibility with PostgreSQL v10): DS-3854
- Ensure ImageMagick thumbnails respect the orientation of original file: DS-3839
OAI-PMH Fixes
- Enhanced "oai import" command to report on items that cause indexing issues: DS-3852
- Fix 500 error when no Community or Collection: DS-3853
XMLUI Fixes
- Fixed Mirage v2 build issues caused by Bower Registry URL change: DS-3936
- Fixed performance issues for Items with 100+ bitstreams: DS-3883
- Fix issue where search results lose Community/Collection context when sorting: DS-3835
- Update Mirage to use recommended MathJax inline delimiters (DS-3087) and to use new CDN location (DS-3560)

In addition, this release fixes a variety of minor bugs in the 5.x releases. For more information, see the Changes section below.

Upgrade Instructions

For upgrade instructions from ANY PRIOR VERSION to 5.9, please see Upgrading DSpace
When upgrading from any 5.x version, if you're reusing your 5.x configuration, make sure to change all instances of Filter attribute "red" to "ref" (e.g. <Filter red="exampleFilter" /> to <Filter ref="exampleFilter" />) in [dspace]/config/crosswalks/oai/xoai.xml. "red" was a temporary workaround for a bug (xoai issue #32), which was first fixed in DSpace 5.4.

No new features in DSpace 5.9

5.9 is a bug-fix release. This means it includes no new features and only includes the above listed fixes.

For a list of all new 5.x Features, please visit the 5.x Release Notes.

Changes

The following bug fixes were released in 5.9.

Organizational Details

Release Coordination

Release Coordinator: Committers Team (shared coordination)