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

See: http://jira.dspace.org/

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