[Dspace-general] DSpace@MIT upgrades to DSpace 1.5.x

[Mark Diggory]

Dear DSpace Community,

Earlier this week we completed the upgrade of DSpace at MIT from DSpace  
1.4.1 (JSPUI) to the latest DSpace 1.5.x revision. Likewise, we  
switched over completely to use the Texas A&M Manakin based XMLUI  
during this upgrade process.  The service can now be explored at  
original DSpace at MIT host.

http://dspace.mit.edu

For MIT Libraries, this upgrade represents the culmination of more  
than a years worth of effort done in collaboration with other  
individuals and organizations within the DSpace community, beginning  
with the reorganization of the DSpace 1.4.2 code-base, the  
establishment of the Maven based build process, and culminating in the  
in the release of DSpace 1.5.0, the addition of maintenance fixes and  
the upgrade of our systems.  We at MIT feel that the DSpace 1.5.X  
branch, which now contains a significant load of bug fixes, is now  
prepared for a maintenance release. As release coordinator on the  
1.5.1 release, I expect to now begin testing the release of a 1.5.1  
beta update in the coming week.

I would like to thank all the developers and community members who  
contributed to the DSpace 1.5.X codebase in the past year. We could  
have not have accomplished our own production goals without your  
efforts within the community.

Cheers,
Mark Diggory

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Mark R. Diggory - DSpace Developer and Systems Manager
MIT Libraries, Systems and Technology Services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Home Page: http://purl.org/net/mdiggory/homepage