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This page contains information about the provisional EPrints v3.4.8 tag and release on GitHub. A date for this release is yet to be scheduled. == Release Notes (Provisional) == EPrints 3.4.8 is planned to be released in the Summer of 2026. * '''Zero codename:''' ''TO BE DETERMINED'' * '''Publications flavour codename:''' ''TO BE DETERMINED'' === New Dependencies === Check earlier dependencies for [[EPrints 3.4.7]] and before. If you wish to set a timezone of the dates and times displayed on your repository, you will need to make sure the <code>DateTime</code> Perl module is installed. For RHEL-based Linux this can be installed with the <code>perl-DateTime</code> RPM. For Debian-based Linux this requires <code>libdatetime-perl</code>. === Changes Since 3.4.7 === ==== New Functionality ==== * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/commit/be86f99b3662083a4f35034f14776d86bcc9e087 Adds <code>export_file_as_attachment</code> option to force exports to be downloaded] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/513 Adds an export plugin for document URLs] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/512 Adds clear buttons to multiple <code>Compound</code> fields] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/525 Adds support for rendering time with a given timezone] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/567 Provides EPC script for getting <code>icon_url</code> for a document] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/568 Provides EPC script for getting the raw value of a property for a data object] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/576 Adds delete option to epadmin] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/579 Add "Clear abortive tasks" and "Retry abortive tasks" buttons for indexer] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/584 Adds <code>ignore_edit_lock</code> field to <code>event_queue</code> data objects so certain tasks need not be delayed by the edit lock on a record] ==== Security and Privacy Improvements ==== * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/511 Prevents 'javascript:' URLs from being saved in URL fields] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/commit/c5884562ed72b31681d3f0308b5987b2564052ad Modifies fix for SetLang referrer misuse] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/575 Adds <code>XSLT::Identity</code> export to those restricted to staff by default] ==== General Improvements ==== * Updates metatags functionality to equivalent to [https://github.com/eprints/metatags/releases/tag/v1.4 v1.4] plus further improvements to ensure its export plugins are compliant with unit tests * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/515 Removes the progress bar even if the upload fails] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/commit/5fe2b24938ed19c38b0ffa6a5bc5d67253cfb514 Remove no longer required <code>progressid</code> from file uploads] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/519 Adds support for number format months to BibTex import] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/518 Makes the default encoding of imports 'UTF-8'] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/520 Adds labels connecting to radio buttons for <code>Boolean</code> and <code>Set</code>] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/commit/21687bd917244717674e613ce0d0e372fffcf619 Improves <code>Longtext_counter</code> <code>MetaField</code>] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/530 Removes MPM event warning message] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/527 Improves CRUD API fault tolerance] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/536 Better specifies MetaField property defaults] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/464 Removes <code>rename_subject_id</code> that will not work in EPrints 3.4+] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/537 Reviews and Removes legacy scripts that are no longer useful in EPrints 3.4+] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/540 Removes <code>cgi/cal</code> (as it should be in an ingredient and not in core) and moves <code>cgi/history_search</code> to not be publicly accessible] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/542 Improves <code>cache_table</code> method to be compatible with UUIDs] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/538 Use public link in "Request Copy" email when using pin security] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/549 More reliable caching of auto.{js,css}] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/563 Programmatically allows search export for restricted formats] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/551 Support for indexing RTF files] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/552 Improves determination of appropriate application for conversion of document to plaintext (for indexing?)] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/566 Removes hard-coded defaults in bin/indexer] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/569 Updates <code>cgi/opensearchdescription</code> to use <code>cgi/opensearch</code> rather than <code>cgi/search/simple</code>] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/commit/8cea29fb31e67dc92e1e1448c7935279977eb348 Allows opensearchdescription to list staff restricted export formats if Authorization header used] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/573 Provides support for startIndex and size params in opensearch] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/574 Allow export formats available to opensearch to be customised] ==== Bug Fixes ==== * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/503 Fixes sample <code>EP_TRIGGER_BEGIN</code> and <code>EP_TRIGGER_END</code> subroutines] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/521 Checks that <code>$id->{id_type}</code> is set before comparing it] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/531 Fixes issues with <code>Convert::PlainText</code> handling large DOCX] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/commit/d1777a5a3170afed02f727b989cb8ebc009c3549 Makes unsupported packaging format a bad request (400) not server error (500)] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/534 Don't add export link elements to deleted item page head] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/535 Specifies more appropriate <code>empty_value</code>s for <code>Int</code> and <code>Float</code> MetaFields] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/508 Fixes <code>eval</code> blocks calling user-defined <code>toform</code> or <code>fromform</code> functions to work as effective try/catch blocks] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/467 Fixes <code>show_children</code> not working if subject tree based browse has multiple menu levels] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/545 Fixes issues with broken field validation warning links] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/543 Test that a cachemap is defined before trying to retrieve its uuid] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/pull/544 Check modified time of citation style file when using cached citations] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/526 Fixes OAI 2.0 will sometimes misreporting the 'Earliest Datestamp'] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/546 Moves timezone adjustment inside an <code>eval</code> to avoid it dying if datetime is invalid] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/547 Checks if config option get_custom_view_header_location is set before comparing] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/539 Adds missing phrases for <code>AjaxSubject</code> field] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/555 Fixes not be able to use <code>Workflow::Edit</code> to upload a file to an eprint] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/565 Fixes lots of calls to <code>EPrints::Index::Daemon->is_running</code> when user is not logged in] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/561 Fixes check for whether a user is "staff" (for export plugins) to <code>is_staff</code> function rather than something hard-coded] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/506 Fixes CRUD requests creating empty records if values are invalid for the corresponding fields in the database (e.g. text for an integer field)] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/571 Fixes error when running render_value directly on a Compound field] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/572 Stops <code>EPrints::DataObj->new_from_data</code> tries to delete multiple compound sub-field values that don't exist] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/583 Makes output of redo_thumbnails more helpful] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/580 Fixes mistyping of <code>event_queue</code> (not <code>eventqueue</code>) in the configuration for data objects excluded from citation caching] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/586 Fixes subject fields showing undepositable options when used as a subfield] * [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/585 Fixes <code>EPrints::Script::Compiled->run_contains</code> not returning proper boolean results] == Planned Features and Improvements == See [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/milestone/9 3.4.8 milestone on GitHub] for more details. [[Category:Eprints3.4]] [[Category:Planned Releases]]
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