Developers Meeting on Weds, March 23, 2011

Agenda

• First 20+ minutes: JIRA Catch-Up – starting with issue DS-740
  • We will continue "Quick Review" format (2 minutes per issue, with extensions only as necessary), as we need to try to review JIRA issues more quickly. (More details on "Quick Review" format at JIRA Cleanup Sessions)
  • Search for all Unresolved Issues (since DS-740)

• 1.7.1 Release
  • Still on track for Friday, March 25?
  • Other 1.7.1 updates / questions , etc.

• GSoC 2011 Updates
  • We've been accepted & Fedora & DuraCloud are joining in:
    • DSpace Ideas Page: DSpace Summer of Code Ideas
    • More DuraSpace info: Google Summer of Code (GSOC)
  • New GSoC Mailing Lists this year (these are shared with Fedora & DuraCloud):
    • duraspace-gsoc : Public list (anyone can join), but mostly for Mentor & Student discussions, public feedback, cross-project collaboration opportunities, etc.
    • duraspace-gsoc-mentors : Private List (Mentors/Admins only) for GSoC administrative purposes only
  • Important Dates (full timeline)
    • March 28 - April 8: Student Application period
    • April 22: Deadline for Ranking student applications & finalizing projects
    • May 23: GSoC Begins
    • August 22: GSoC Ends

• OR11 DSpace Developers Meeting Info: DevMtg 2011-06-06 - OR11 Meeting
  • Please Sign up if you are planning to attend!

• Other topics?
  • Do we want to schedule a meeting to go over proposed Modularization / Refactoring work in near future?
    • Restructure Trunk Projects
    • Refactoring the DSpace Domain Model
    • Others listed under Development Proposals

Topics in the Waiting...

• Topics which are still on the "back burner" (which need someone to lead a "Special Topic" meeting around them)
  • Discuss improving how DSpace handles Metadata (From past meetings discussions, this seems popular). Several ideas mentioned recently:
    • Updating to current DCMI standards: DS-805
    • Creating a new "dspace" internal usage schema (for administrative, or non-DC metadata)? Formalize the "dc" schema to be strictly valid QDC/DC?
    • Metadata on all DSpace objects (not just Items)
  • Discuss forming a "Documentation Management Team"? Or reworking our procedures for managing/reviewing/approving Docs on the Wiki.
    • UPDATE: Jeff Trimble will lead a discussion on this in April or May. Still working on date.
  • More discussion of Proposed RoadMap to 2.0 before OR11
    • In meantime, feel free to forward thoughts on to Tim or everyone (via dspace-devel or dspace-commit).

Meeting Summary

• JIRA Review, ended with DS-754
• 1.7.1 Updates - release on schedule
  • Discussion of DS-768. This is actually a Cocoon bug, but maybe some way to get around it? Needs a volunteer as this is an important issue (but didn't make it into 1.7.1)
  • Voted to officially make CHANGES file obsolete. Replaced by History page (which is automatically generated via JIRA queries)
• GSoC Updates
  • Need more project ideas & mentors: DSpace Summer of Code Ideas
• OR11 Developers Mtg sign up sheet is posted at: DevMtg 2011-06-06 - OR11 Meeting

Meeting Transcript

• Full IRC Transcript will be available at - http://irclogs.duraspace.org/index.php?date=2011-03-23