<div dir="ltr">Dear Joseph,<br><br>although we have not conducted a formal cost/benefit analysis for upgrading, following benefits, costs and possible risks might make sense in your context.<br><br>
Benefits (some copied from <a href="http://www.dspace.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=23&Itemid=63">http://www.dspace.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=23&Itemid=63</a> )<br>
* By following the latest (non-beta) releases, you can benefit from the latest bugfixes and optimalisation.<br>* (feature) Submission steps can be configured more easily<br>* (feature) You can configure different browse indices<br>
<br>Costs <br>* If you intend to customize the user interface, there is a learning curve for the new Manakin XML UI (with the exception of very very basic customizations). One of our JSP developers needed around three weeks fulltime to get really into Manakin development.<br>
* Likewise, if you intend to do custom development, you will need to learn a thing or two about Maven.<br><br>Risks<br>* Some of the patches you applied or inhouse customizations might not work anymore and might be difficult to port.<br>
* (very unclear at the moment:) if you intend to perform customizations on 1.5.x, there's a possible risk that these customizations might not be compatible with the future 2.0 release. If anyone has more information regarding this, please elaborate.<br>
<br>Your current situation is very important in the equation: for example, we do conversions of standard 1.4.2 DSpace installations, to standard 1.5.x jsp-ui DSpace in one day (which basically means following these instructions: <a href="http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/trunk/dspace/docs/update.html#142_15">http://dspace.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/dspace/trunk/dspace/docs/update.html#142_15</a> with a few checks here and there).<br>
<br>Although I fear this is probably a very general answer, I do hope it helps to some extent (or maybe opens up discussion).<br><br>with best regards,<br><br>Bram Luyten<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>@mire NV<br>Romeinse Straat 18<br>
3001 Heverlee<br>Belgium<br>+32 2 888 29 56<br><br><a href="http://www.atmire.com">http://www.atmire.com</a> - Institutional Repository Solutions<br><a href="http://www.togather.eu">http://www.togather.eu</a> - Before getting together, get Tog@ther <br>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">I'm just wondering if there is anyone out there
who has done a cost/benefit analysis of upgrading to 1.5.x (currently 1.4.2
here) that would be willing to share; I'm not too concerned about format
or polish, just the information. I am currently doing just that and would be
very interested in seeing what others see as important or not. I have recently encountered
some scepticism from repository developers in the EU, (perhaps it's more
accurate to say 'platform agnosticism') which makes me want to be
that much more sure before we decide to upgrade.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Thanks for your help,</span></font></p>
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