Mark and all, The patch is treating us well, and the bugs mentioned in the patch ticket from a while back have all been resolved (I had sent the fixes off to Andrea, and I think they were resolved in the current patch even)
Looking back at our local CVS (where we store all our local changes), we've been running this patch since approx June of 2006. I do recall that we ran into another small bug back in December (which had slipped through the cracks). But, this was a pretty quick fix, and I could replicate the fix rather easily. Overall the patch seems pretty stable overall (especially with the few fixes we made, and will definitely give back to the community, once I get a chance :)). I would be in full support of trying to get it into DSpace 1.5, though it would require testing with Manakin, just to be sure that doesn't affect anything :) Andrea's patch really has no affect on my Configurable Submission work for Manakin (I don't recall any real overlaps offhand). However, it would require some modifications to the Manakin Administrative Aspect (to support the ability to assign Community administrators and potentially even Item administrators if there is an interest there). But, from what I can recall, the majority of the changes in Andrea's patch do not relate to the UI (they are more changes to the underlying permissions in DSpace). So most of it *should* play well with Manakin overall (though I admit I've never tested it). I would be glad to take part in helping to get it integrated into Manakin and tested in that arena, once I've completed my first version of the Configurable Submission for Manakin (which should be pushed out to the Manakin listserv sometime this week). I think many institutions would find value in the ability to provide ADMIN permissions at any level (Site/Community/Collection/Item). At UIUC we've been using this patch to actually allow very active Departments/Units to begin managing their own Communities and Collections. - Tim Mark Diggory wrote: > Tim, > > Sounds like the patch has been treating you well... How big a push > does it need to get in? Sounds like something we are starting to need > here at MIT. I see you mention some bugs in the patch ticket... were > these at all resolved... > > Also how would this bode for your CSS work for Manakin, do we need to > consider how to expand the Administration Aspect there? > > -Mark > > > On Mar 19, 2007, at 11:12 AM, Tim Donohue wrote: > >> Andrea, >> >> You are correct that we have your "Authorization system: delegate >> admins >> patch" running in our production system here at UIUC (which was just >> recently upgraded to 1.4.1). >> >> Currently, unfortunately the code has become a little embedded into >> some >> of our other customizations here at UIUC. So, I could potentially >> try >> and pull it apart a bit. But, admittedly, I currently have a growing >> "to-do" list and I'm not sure that I'd get to it until at least the >> end >> of March or early April. >> >> I would like to see this continued though, Andrea! It'd be great >> to get >> this code into one of the upcoming versions of DSpace (even 1.5, if >> possible). I know UIUC loves the ability to be able to assign >> Community Administrators (which is what we use it for the most) as >> well >> as Collection Administrators. >> >> Let me know if you do want my input in an updated patch. >> >> - Tim >> >> Andrea Bollini wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I have insert in cc the dspace-tech mailing list where you can found >>> more help about this and similar topics. I'm starting in a couple of >>> days a review of my patch for make it compatible with the next 1.5, I >>> know that Tim (also in cc) use it in his istitutional repository >>> and it >>> is a 1.4.x version but there are not a "public package" available for >>> this version... >>> Tim can you provide it? if not don't worry ;-), I can make it for the >>> end of march. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> - Andrea >>> >>> Vlastimil Krejcir ha scritto: >>>> Dear Andrea, >>>> >>>> I would like to use your patch "Authorization system: delegate >>>> admins patch" (1373613). Unfortunately this patch is a bit old and I >>>> cannost use it (or only with too much effort) for DSpace 1.4. Is >>>> there >>>> any newer version for DSpace 1.4? And is it publicly available? >>>> >>>> thank you for help >>>> >>>> best regards >>>> >>>> Vlastik Krejcir >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --------- >>>> >>>> Mgr. Vlastimil Krejčíř >>>> Library and Information Centre, Institute of Computer Science >>>> Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic >>>> Email: krejcir (at) ics (dot) muni (dot) cz >>>> ICQ: 163963217 >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> >> ======================================== >> Tim Donohue >> Research Programmer, Illinois Digital Environment for >> Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS) >> 135 Grainger Engineering Library >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >> >> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> web: http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu >> phone: (217) 333-4648 >> fax: (217) 244-7764 >> ======================================== >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. 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