DSpace 7.6 is now available!
DSpace Community
We are pleased to announce the release of DSpace 7.6.1! This release provides bug fixes and performance improvements to the 7.6.x platform. No new features are provided. As such this release should be an easier upgrade for sites already running 7.6.
Major Bug fixes / improvements include:
Performance improvements
User interface no longer repeatedly requests the "/api" endpoint of the backend. (Donated by Atmire)
"Edit Group" page performs much better for groups with a lot of members.
Workflow Tasks page loads more quickly for a logged-in EPerson who is a member of many groups. (Donated by Atmire)
OAI-PMH no longer has high memory usage during/after harvesting. (Donated by Christian Bethge, ULB)
Improved performance of "./dspace update-handle-prefix" script. (Donated by 4Science)
Improved performance of "./dspace checker" script. (Donated by 4Science)
Improved performance of "./dspace generate-sitemaps" script (and automatic sitemaps). (Donated by 4Science)
General fixes
Specific browser plugins no longer cause the User Interface to appear blank. (Donated by floriangantner, U of Bamberg)
Emails sent by DSpace no longer have blank "Subject" fields. (Donated by Mark Wood, Indiana University)
Navbar menu on mobile devices now works in Firefox/Safari.(Donated by eScire)
Git is no longer required as a build dependency. (Donated by Cottage Labs)
Item view fixes
Handle redirects now work properly when "ui.nameSpace" config (on frontend) is customized. (Donated by Atmire)
Bitstream URLs now work properly if "ui.nameSpace" config (on frontend) is customized. (Donated by Atmire)
Thumbnails now work properly for Bitstreams having special characters. (Donated by floriangantner, U of Bamberg)
Fixed display issue of media viewer (controls hidden behind header). (Donated by 4Science)
MathJax code is no longer displayed twice. (Donated by Atmire)
Fixed issue where some "Edit Item" pages were visible (but not usable) to anonymous users. (Donated by 4Science)
Browse/Search fixes
Submission/Workflow form fixes
Submission form no longer hangs / enters an infinite loop in specific scenarios. (Donated by 4Science)
Freetext is now supported in controlled vocabulary fields where "closed=false". (Donated by Atmire, with support from the International Livestock Research Institute)
Date field can now be modified easier when editing an existing submission. (Donated by 4Science)
"metadata.hide" fields are no longer hidden from submitters/reviewers. (Donated by Toni Prieto)
"Type" dropdown no longer changes to the first entry in the list when pressing Enter. (Donated by eScire)
Workflow curation tasks can now be "queued" for later. (Donated by Agustina Martinez, Cambridge University)
Removed the "Add More" button when additional sections are not available. (Donated by Atmire)
Added submitter information in "dc.description.provenance" as in older versions. (Donated by Arvo Consultores)
Authentication fixes
Entering an incorrect password no longer results in a blank login menu in Firefox. (Donated by Atmire)
LDAP is no longer broken if groupmaps were enabled. (Donated by wwuck)
Special groups are only added for the authentication system the user used to login. (Donated by 4Science)
Login popup now lists login methods in order of configuration. (Donated by Atmire)
Admin tools fixes
Statistics fixes
Theming fixes
Search Engine Optimization fixes
Access restricted and "Non-Discoverable" Items are no longer listed in Sitemaps. (Donated by 4Science)
Accessibility fixes
Translation bug fixes
Translation files (i18n files) are now hashed, so they are no longer reloaded unless they change.(Donated by Atmire)
Localized "default_[language-code].license" files are supported again. (Donated by PCG Academia)
Translations are now working properly for item status badges in MyDSpace. (Donated by Mirko Scherf)
For a full list of changes and contributors in 7.6.1, see our Release Notes.
Updated Language support:
Finnish (Suomi) translation updates donated by Reeta Kuukoski (reetagithub)
Italian (Italiano) language updates donated by 4Science
Polish (Polski) translation updates donated by Michał Dykas (michdyk)
Brazilian Portuguese (Português do Brasil) updates donated by Marco Aurelio Cardoso (marcoaureliocardoso)
Portugese (Português) language updates donated by José Carvalho (j-n-c)
(New) Serbian Cyrillic (Српски) language translations donated by Milos Ivanovic (imilos)
(New) Serbian Latin (Srpski (lat)) language translations donated by Milos Ivanovic (imilos)
Spanish (Español) translation updates donated by Arvo Consultores
A total of 37 individuals contributed to 7.6.1. This release was entirely volunteer driven! For a full list of changes and contributors in 7.6.1, see our Release Notes.
Would you like to contribute towards our next major release (8.0)?
DSpace 8.0 will be released in April 2024. An early release schedule and feature priorities are listed at https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Release+8.0+Status. We welcome contributions from anyone which align with the 8.0 priorities. Please get in touch with Tim Donohue if you have any questions.