[development] Fwd: [jQuery] Re: Birthday is coming

Moshe Weitzman weitzman at tejasa.com
Mon Jan 14 02:07:39 UTC 2008


yes, all the usual rules for a drupal patch apply - don't break
anything in any browser. this is indeed a more onerous test for jquery
upgrade that a php patch. but once the tests are passed, i think the
patch is committable. my .02

On 1/13/08, Gábor Hojtsy <gabor at hojtsy.hu> wrote:
> On Jan 12, 2008 5:55 AM, Moshe Weitzman <weitzman at tejasa.com> wrote:
> > On 1/11/08, Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com> wrote:
> > > Seriously though, jQuery 1.2.2 is supposed to be just a bug-fix release.
> > > Given that we're in RC status, should we be upgrading as well, to keep the
> > > bug count down, or avoiding it because OMG that would be changing code in an
> > > RC?
> > >
> > > Or put more pragmatically... Were someone to write a 1.2.2 patch for Drupal 6,
> > > would it be considered?
> >
> > Yes ... Further I think that a pure bug fix release of Jquery is
> > acceptable even after 6 goes out. We wouldn't rush out a release just
> > for that, but i expect such a patch would be accepted.
>
> IMHO we should consider on the grounds of Drupal functionality. Such a
> patch would need all JS functionality tested in "all" browsers (== the
> browsers people tested previous JS functionality in).
>
> Gabor
>


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