Valkyrie for Hyrax has been a promise to Samvera users for a few years. So much excellent work has been done here, but community resources have been constrained to get it across the line. Completing this work would provide a number of important benefits to the community:
Long-desired options beyond Fedora 4 for existing Samvera users, including Postgres or Fedora 6 backed Hyrax
Removal of what has been a “let’s wait” blocker for institutions who have delayed upgrades
Attractiveness of Samvera solutions to potential adopting institutions who have been hearing about Valkyrie and waiting to act
Interest from service providers and a path to keep their engagement in the community viable
There are two ways you can contribute to this work if Hyrax is important to your institution:
Contribute developer and/or software testing time to the community effort:
Contribute financially to fund contractors under a Samvera contract: