Version 5.10

DSpace 5.10 has not yet been released.

Unfortunately, bug fixes in the DSpace 5.9 release resulted in issues running DSpace 5.9 on Java 7, and with running the REST API and RDF interfaces. These issues are being resolved in an upcoming 5.10 release (see below for more details). Sites which are dependent on one of these features should consider upgrading directly from DSpace 5.8 to 5.10.

Summary

DSpace 5.10 is a bug fix release to resolve JAR dependency issues found in DSpace 5.9 (especially for users running Java 7).

Contact Terrence W Brady if you have questions about the release.

Webapp Status

The changes in the DSpace 5.9 release broke the DSpace REST webapp. The same change may have also broken the DSpace RDF web app.

The following grid will be used to verify the status of each DSpace webapp.

The DSpace installation instructions indicate support in Java 7, so that condition is being tested explicitly.

Web App	DSpace 5.9 Status (Java 7)	DSpace 5.9 Status (Java 8)	DSpace 5.10 Status (Java 7)	DSpace 5.10 Status (Java 8)	Notes
Dockerfile	terrywbrady/dspace_jdk7:dspace-5.9	dspace/dspace:dspace-5.9	terrywbrady/dspace_jdk7:dspace-5_x	dspace/dspace:dspace-5_x
XMLUI	fail	verified	verified	verified
JSPUI	fail	verified	verified	verified
OAI	fail	verified	verified	verified
REST	fail	verified	verified	verified	DS-4000, DS-3938* *Broken in Java 7
RDF	?
SOLR	fail	verified	verified	verified
SWORD	didn't test	verified	verified	verified
SWORDV2	didn't test	verified	verified	verified	Service responded. Unable to deposit
LNI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Deprecated in DSpace 5x. It is unknown if this is in use.

Note about testing DSpace 5 with JDK7

https://gist.github.com/terrywbrady/5001e3d10b463ebb8da84b0ecec72b85

Major bug fixes include

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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 5.10, 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 5.10

5.10 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 5.10.

Organizational Details

Release Coordination

Release Coordinator: Committers Team (shared coordination)