[support] What are the consequences of using latest JQuery?

[Fred Jones]

Eric Mckenna wrote:
> Did I post this to the wrong list?

No.

>>     I needed to use the latest JQuery release for my front page, so I was
>>     able to replace the core's version with the latest for only
>>     page-front.tpl.php.  Later on during development, another developer
>>     decided to do the same replacement in page.tpl.php.  I know this is a
>>     bad idea, but I how do I support that it's a bad idea?  I see that
>>     some
>>     small issues with collapsible fieldsets on the admin and edit
>>     pages, but
>>     for the most part things work fine.  What am I missing??

If it works fine, then how do you know it's a bad idea? :)