Hi Gary, Your best bet is probably to regularly check:
http://scm.dspace.org/svn/repo/dspace/trunk/dspace/CHANGES As well as browsing JIRA to see the features intended for 1.6.x Cheers, Kim > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Kopp [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 11 January 2010 9:41 a.m. > To: 'Mark Diggory' > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dspace-devel] Newbie: Version Confusion > > Mark, > > Many thanks, your outline is extremely helpful and gives me exactly > what I > need. BTW, is there a summary of changes between 1.5.2 (for which I > have the > "manual") and 1.6, or do I need to just browse through Jira (and the > source > code)? > > --Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark > Diggory > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 1:35 PM > To: Gary Kopp > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dspace-devel] Newbie: Version Confusion > > Gary, > > IMO, the short answer is focus on targeting 1.6. > > I can express my and @mire's opinion on DSpace 2.0 timeline and the > previous > years funded development effort. The largest lesson I think we learned > from > last years 2.0 development initiative is that we need to work on the > individual features of DSpace 2.0 in tractable smaller projects that > will > take the whole community from DSpace 1.x to the DSpace 2.x platform. > > My recent work this last fall on the 2.0 technology base was a > "consolidation effort". Working to bring some of the major > accomplishments > of the 2.0 work into a state that they would have more short term > benefit to > the whole community. There are still significant pieces of the 2.0 > funded > development iteration that need to be merged into the 1.x codebase to > have > them also be of benefit. > Those items we outlined in my DSpace Services presentation at the fall > 2009 DSUG meeting in Sweden. > > http://www.slideshare.net/mdiggory/dsug09-services-2255693 > http://www.slideshare.net/mdiggory/dsug-2009-dspace-statistics- > contribution > > It is important that we work to establish an iterative process that > allows > us to outline migration "steps" that will carry the community along > this > process. As such, we need to consider that 1.x is not obsolete, but > instead > represents the active heart of our development communities efforts (and > it > the focal point where any 2.0 development will need to be merged in the > future). > > This is made obvious by the healthy growth in community activity in its > maintenance and upkeep that has occured in the last couple years. > Targeting your work within this community is your "best" possible path > to > success on your project, it is here that the largest knowledge-base of > support exists and where any work you may be interested in contributing > would be of greatest benefit. > > I hope this brief outline is helpful to you. > > Cheers, > Mark > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Gary Kopp <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would like to use DSpace as the foundation of an internal document > > management system, which I will integrate with various other > > functions. I am a J2EE programmer and not afraid to get my hands > > dirty. I'm confused about the status of DSpace version 2. I assume > > version 2 represents the "new architecture" I've seen referenced > > elsewhere. I'd hate to start my work with an obsolescent verson > > (1.5/1.6) if I can avoid it. But I see a lot of ongoing work on > > 1.5/1.6 suggesting that these versions are undergoing active > enhancement > and might represent a relatively stable target for my purposes. > > But my work might be somewhat wasted when version 2 hits the streets. > > Early releases of version 2 seem to be available, and see I some work > > going on there. Is there enough in version 2 now to make it a > possible > > starting point for a new DSpace deployment, even in beta form, or is > > it just too early for that? BTW, I didn't find a roadmap anywhere, > > which may just mean I didn't look in the right place. > > > > --Gary Kopp > > -- > Mark R. 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