Hi Brian, The new Wicket Ajax .js files were implemented and tested with jQuery 1.7.x and that's why we released them with 1.7.2. The only policy that I followed is to use jQuery version X.Y.Z where Z is as big as possible, i.e. more stable. For example if jQuery 1.9.0 is released I'd suggest to wait for 1.9.2 or 1.9.3 before upgrading. I have ran the JavaScript tests with jQuery 1.8.0 a month or two ago and all of them passed. So as far as Wicket is concerned I think it is OK to upgrade to 1.8.2 for Wicket 6.3.0. If some application uses plugins which cannot work with 1.8.2 then they can provide custom ResourceReference with jQuery 1.7.2 and continue using it. This is valid for WiQuery and other similar libraries too.
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Brian Laframboise <[email protected]> wrote: > Now that Wicket is built on top of jQuery, does the Wicket project have a > stated policy on when that dependency will be updated? > > I found the Wicket Ajax page ( > https://cwiki.apache.org/WICKET/wicket-ajax.html) but it did not address > this. > > I'm aware that I can override the default version included by Wicket. > However, I would prefer to use the jQuery version that is a) officially > supported by the team as well and b) ostensibly tested against by > supporting Wicket projects such as Wicket Stuff and WiQuery. > > I can already infer that it's not "guaranteed to be the latest" as the > Wicket 6.x line is on 1.7.2 while 1.8.0 was released just under a month > before Wicket 6.0.0 was released ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JQuery#Release_history), and the current > Wicket 6.2.0 is still on jQuery 1.7.2. > > Please note that I'm not complaining; in fact, the stability of the jQuery > dependency can be considered a positive. > > In my particular case, once upgraded to Wicket 6, our project will > inevitably have non-Wicket-related jQuery code that depends on the version > of jQuery provided by Wicket. Knowing how stable that dependency will be > will help up plan the testing effort around future Wicket upgrades. > > My guess is that the Wicket 6.x line will use jQuery 1.7.2, and only when > Wicket 7 is released will jQuery be upgraded to >= 1.8.0. > > Can anybody confirm this? > > Thanks, > Brian -- Martin Grigorov jWeekend Training, Consulting, Development http://jWeekend.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
