EPrints 3.4.5

This page contains information about the provisional EPrints v3.4.5 tag and release on GitHub. A date for this release is planned for the end of April 2023.

Provisional Release Notes

• Zero codename: To be determined
• Publications flavour codename: To be determined

New Dependencies

To be determined

Changes Since 3.4.4

Security and Privacy Improvements

• Adds PIN based security for documents.
• Makes Xapian index obey text_index attribute for fields.

General Improvements

• Updates and makes consistent list of software contributors.
• Adds get_search_conditions_not_ex for float fields.
• Updates DOCTYPE to be more standards compliant.
• Updates pub_lib homepage links for browse views.
• Allows MetaField::Subject to have user-defined render_value.
• Improves OAI-PMH representation of records that once were live.
• Allows userid to be logged in Access data objects when user is logged in.
• Adds ability to manipulate element attributes.
• Updates latest_tool to use filters.
• Adds id and classes for individual styling of "Manage records" page.
• Adds class attributes for "View details" table.
• Adds classnames to navigation items and links.
• Splits off senderemail from adminemail if this need to be different for DMARC reasons.
• Adds the optional attributes of resumptionToken in OAI-PMH.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes typo for _epname in RPM spec file.
• Adds properly referenced ARIA labels for sets and fields with bespoke search_input_style.
• Gets EPrints install script to create EPRINTS_PATH/tmp directory with appropriate permissions.
• Stops including ARIA describedby if help text is empty.
• Fixes "Data too long for column 'word'" indexing errors.
• Now returns "410 Gone" HTTP code when item has been retired.
• Adds missing <help> and <title> elements used in phrases for 2nd+ document fields in eprint workflows.
• Fixes text indexing saved_search.spec causing problems with Xapian.
• [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/262 Fixes HTTPS URLs not be parseable by XML::LibXML->parse_file
• Various typos

Further Planned Features and Improvements

See 3.4.5 milestone on GitHub for more details.