[development] jQuery 1.2 is released

[Peter Wolanin]

Um, perhaps you all have not seen previous threads about the hazards
of allowing executable code in a writeable directory?

-Peter

On 9/13/07, Fernando Silva <fsilva.pt at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/13/07, Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > Thanks for the explanation.  So we're saying that a
> > jquery_plugins.module is needed to control the use of the jQuery
> > plugin.  Perhaps uploading the plugin via the file upload process and
> > allowing the jQuery plugin to live in files/jquery/ or something like
> > that?  Then delete the plugin file from files/jquery/ to deactivate it?
>
> Yeap. Is that! The jquery plugins folder could then be by default (and
> if chosen) a "drupal system path" (if writable) or degrade to be used
> the "files" folder instead.
>
> This would allow the install of (critical) plugins during drupal
> install, without fear to have them removed later.
>
> > Again forgive my ignorance on this matter.  I just don't want users
> > needing two different activate/deactivate menus and since jQuery is
> > part of core; every user will eventually need to use it.  Do any of
> > those plugins create a need to modify a database?  It will be worse if
> > yes because then we definitely should provide a .install file just to
> > do the un/install of the pieces and parts.
>
> The plugins, could eventually appear at the "modules admin page" if
> this page would be refactored in another way. At this moment this page
> produces a long list and it is not suitable to show "plugins" that can
> be download and installed. Just think... a list with 300 jquery
> plugins ready to be downloaded and installed, would create a long
> list....
>