[Dspace-general] Week 3: Good Repository Software

[Tom De Mulder]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Dorothea Salo wrote:

> Repository managers: If any of this rings a bell with you, I need you
> to stand up and say so publicly. "The lurkers support me in email"
> (see <http://www.collectableboard.com/forums/books/44988-hoppys-poisoned-sanctimony.html>)
> is no more going to get these problems solved in future than it has in
> the past.

While I'm not a repository manager, I've looked after a big DSpace 
instance for over 5 years, and I've worn that hat. I agree with Dorothea.

We have serious issues with scalability and stability, and the fact that 
the existing codebase is very hard to modify (but I'll leave it to my 
colleague who has to do the development to elaborate). It would be better 
if the project had a strong technical lead who could steer development and 
take responsability, rather than what looks like a random group of 
committers who often only have time to work on what their institution 
wants them to work on.

Maybe it would also be more easy to follow if communication wasn't so 
fragmented between various forums, and more concentrated on the[se] 
existing mailing lists?

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