Is ICU4J a requirement still if we switch to Java 5? In which case I'd push this off to DSpace1.5 (which will require Java 5 or greater). And if so, it should probably be the case that we explore its implementation in the XMLUI if any at all changes are needed.
-Mark On Apr 4, 2007, at 4:53 AM, Graham Triggs wrote: > I wasn't going to push this patch earlier as it rather evolved into a > feature enhancement - but thinking about it again, for anyone that has > non-English content/authors in their repository, it's actually a > useful > bug fix: > > [ 1672065 ] Configurable sort order generation for browse > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php? > func=detail&aid=1672065&group_id=19984&atid=319984 > > If you look at the example Shawna has (it's either on this page, or > the > next): > https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/browse-author?top=Austad%2C+Michele+L > > The author Žekulin appears in the middle of the list of authors > beginning with 'A'. It may not be possible to define a single correct > ordering, but in this case the existing behaviour just doesn't work > for > anyone. > > Amongst it's other capabilities, the above patch deals with this > scenario, and lets people customise the ordering further if they > choose. > > Whilst it allows for configuration, it does not require any > configuration changes (closely emulating the existing DSpace > behaviour - > except for the addition of the character decomposition for the above > case). It also doesn't change any existing APIs, or the database > schema. > > The single biggest argument against it's inclusion would be that it > adds > an additional dependency: ICU4J. Unfortunate, but required for > compatibility with earlier JDK releases, without resorting to > undocumented Sun classes. > > The choice, as they say, is yours... ;-) > > G > > -- > Graham Triggs > Technical Architect > Open Repository > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7631 9942 > Skype: grahamtriggs > > On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 10:19 +0100, James Rutherford wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I'm pleased to announce that work has started on putting together >> DSpace >> 1.4.2. We're aiming to get a beta release out around the 23rd, >> with the >> final release available shortly after (hopefully by the end of the >> month). This will be pretty much exclusively a bugfix release; there >> will be no API, configuration, or database schema changes, so >> upgrading >> from 1.4 or 1.4.1 should be relatively painless. If anyone is >> sitting on >> patches that they think would be suitable for inclusion, please >> upload >> them to SourceForge by the end of the week. >> >> See http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/RoadMap#Version_1.4.2 for more >> information. >> >> cheers, >> >> Jim >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark R. Diggory - DSpace Systems Manager MIT Libraries, Systems and Technology Services Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office: E25-131 Phone: (617) 253-1096 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
