On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 05:20:43PM +0000, Mike Gabriel wrote: > Hi Jonas, > > On Mi 29 Jul 2015 09:18:39 CEST, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > >Quoting Mike Gabriel (2015-07-29 01:33:43) > >>On Di 28 Jul 2015 20:45:45 CEST, Matt Taggart wrote: > >>>I also need jquery updated in order to fix #792451. > >>> > >>>Lots of upstream maintainers seem to embed copies of jquery, if we > >>>don't provide a recent packaged version this is going to turn into a > >>>security nightmare... > >> > >>by coincidence, I have today started looking at jquery-ui (and > >>jquery-ui-themes) which needs to be updated in Debian in order to get > >>the e-Learning portal ILIAS into Debian. > >> > >>I also vote for getting jquery updated in Debian, maybe to > >>experimental first, so people can test compatibility(?!?). > >> > >>I am happy to continue working on jquery-ui, maybe someone else wants > >>to pick up jquery itself? Obviously, the previous maintainer has not > >>work on jquery(-ui) in Debian since 2013 or so, right? > > > >Yes, previous maintainer evidently is too busy elsewhere currently, but > >there's no dispute (that I am aware) so voting doesn't help. Instead, > >someone needs to step up and join the maintenance of jquery. > > > >Since you are interested in the quite related jquery-ui, perhaps you > >could also help with jquery? > > > >(I have little interest in jquery-based code myself) > > > > - Jonas > > I will take a look into jquery, as well, unless someone else jumps up.
I gave it a try and was able to get it working locally. I have just requested membership to the JS team to maintain it. (I still don't know how crazy I am being here ...) -- Antonio Terceiro <terce...@debian.org>
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