as someone new to jquery (and this list), i find the use of the svn version as a build for plug-ins really frustrating.
first, it complicates the use of jquery for the very reasons posted on this thread (compatibility, etc.) second, i think it actually *slows* the progress of jquery stable releases. by building plug-ins on the svn builds, it seems to me that there is little incentive to stablize and commit to a stable release for the jquery core. plus, if we all had to work off the same core, i think folks would do a bi more to ensure progress on upgrading it. in addition, i'd like to see the plug-ins checked into svn as well. this would stablize the plug-in set and (i think) help to stablize integration testing in general. i don't know the details of who owns the svn (john r?) and whether that person wants to open the tree to plug-ins. short of keeping them in a single place, i'd like to see the plug-ins community create a shared svn to help stablize this part of the code base. google's hosting space would be a good place for that, i think. finally, i know that jquery is really young and that it's tough to get a handle on all this stuff. however, if we all commit to sticking to building on stable releases, we'll all benefit in the long run by reducing the playing surface when routing out bugs in plug-ins *and* by putting lots of momentum behind releasing stable core updates as often as reasonable. and another thing - this library *kicks butt* and i appreciate the work everyone is doing to get it up and running so quickly. i hope i can learn enough in the next few weeks to be a contributor, too. thanks to all mike amundsen On 8/8/06, bbuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of my biggest gripes right now - actually, my only one ;) - are the > different flavours of jQuery that each plugin author is using. I realize > that the alpha and SVN versions offer functionality that isn't in the > release, but there's little standardization (it does appear that most > authors are using the alpha version). > > It would be nice if someone would put together a compatibility table or > something, listing which plugins are used with each version of jQuery - and > each other. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Different-JQuery-Version-in-Plugins-tf2070712.html#a5706851 > Sent from the JQuery forum at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > -- mca "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. " (George Orwell) _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
