[Pkg-javascript-devel] RFP: Please package jQuery 1.2 as well (libjs-jquery-1.2)

[W. Martin Borgert]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

It seems, that jQuery 1.3 is incompatible in some aspects to
jQuery 1.2. See the full list here:
http://docs.jquery.com/Release:jQuery_1.3#Changes

While software in Debian can be changed by us to work with
the newer version, most users cannot (easily) change 3rd party
software (e.g. jQuery plugins) to work with 1.3.

Specifically, Trac in its current Debian version 0.11 should
use jQuery 1.2 (recommended and supported version by upstream)
and 1.3 only in the upcoming 0.12 release. Therefore, I would
like to let Trac depend on libjs-jquery-1.2, not libjs-jquery.
Trac 0.11 will probably be in squeeze, so it must be supported
for some years...

(Sidenote: It would have been better/less confusing to use e.g.
1.3+dak1-1 as version number, not 1.3.3-1. That's what I and
others did in the past when facing problems with wrong/missing
source tarballs or other issues with dak. See gant or webpy.)