After some deliberation, we think that using the packed version in the TiddlyWiki core is not a good idea: * web servers usually support compression via gzip * the decompression is fairly slow in JavaScript[1] * packed code makes debugging very painful * packing can introduce bugs * packed scripts are almost impossible to read, which breaks TiddlyWiki's "view source" paradigm (even though minified scripts are compressed as well, the obfuscation isn't as comprehensive) * packing requires additional effort when creating a release * the jQuery team doesn't provide a packed version anymore, and creating a custom derivative should generally be avoided
In contrast, we couldn't make out any tangible benefits for using a packed version - apart from the vague and possibly unjustified filesize concern. Also, there's always TinyTiddly[2] for when filesize really matters. Any objections? -- F. [1] http://ejohn.org/blog/library-loading-speed/ [2] http://www.tiddlywiki.org/wiki/TinyTiddly --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWikiDev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
