Hi Antonio, On Fri Aug 21 19:47:13 2015 Antonio Terceiro <terce...@debian.org> wrote: > 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 ...)
Great! The first upload (to exp) should bring the latest upstream to Debian. Once that version gets re-uploaded to unstable, we should prepare versioned packages (jquery-X.Y, same for jquery-ui). So that it is possible to install several jquery(-ui) versions in parallel. Good to have you joining in!!! Mike -- DAS-NETZWERKTEAM mike gabriel, herweg 7, 24357 fleckeby fon: +49 (1520) 1976148 GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B13 mail: mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de
