EPrints 3.4.6

This page contains information about the provisional EPrints v3.4.6 tag and release on GitHub. A date for this release is yet to be scheduled.

Release Notes (Provisional)

EPrints 3.4.6 will be released later in 2024.

• Zero codename: TO BE DETERMINED
• Publications flavour codename: TO BE DETERMINED

New Dependencies

Check earlier dependencies for EPrints 3.4.5 and before.

Changes Since 3.4.5

New Functionality

• Adds unlink_lib option to tools/epm.
• Provide support for converting HEIC and WEBP thumbnails

Security and Privacy Improvements

• Implement stronger password hashing
• Creates and enables export_privacy setting to prevent export formats that include email addresses to be publicly accessible by default.

General Improvements

• Implement Recaptcha field to work with Google ReCAPTCHA v3
• [https://github.com/eprints/eprints3.4/issues/339 Sets ignore_login_ip = 1 by default if HTTPS is enabled.
• Improvements Accessibility based on issues raised by axe DevTools
• Improves message when file retrieval fails
• Adds .gitignore for ingredients other than those included, so those deploying EPrints using Git do not see new ingredients as uncommitted.

Bug Fixes

• Fixes Downloading document from preview image does not work for some filenames
• Fixes Do not add requester_userid by default as access table can take a long time to add new fields. However, ensure if field exists it is set to current user ID, if set.
• Fixes serialization of EPM for build option of tools/epm.
• Fixes issues with disable and unpack options for tools/epm.
• Duplicated "_label" span id
• Fixes Tab children deemed decorative
• Fixes bug preventing user password updates from command line.
• Fixes intermittent issue with xmlns:xsi attribute being defined twice on some /cgi/oai2/... pages.
• Fixes various typos

Further Planned Features and Improvements

See 3.4.6 milestone on GitHub for more details.