As is the case with any API change in a major jQuery release (1.x releases are major jQuery releases) we always document the results and we always provide a backwards compatibility plugin. This has suited us very well in the past and should continue to serve us well for the 1.4 release.
--John On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Raul Dias <rauld...@gmail.com> wrote: > If this is going to stick, what about a fallback flag? > > This way if it breaks code/plugins and the page developer doesnt have > enought knowledge to fix the broken code, he can always set the flag > to switch the behaviour. > > Then in a MANJOR release (2.x) there would be no fallback. > > IMHO, any API/behaviour breackage in a MINOR release should be heavely > documented and justified. Specially because there are many > unmantained code out there and non programmers using jQuery. > > -rsd > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 11:06 PM, ajpiano <ajpi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> A recent commit - >> http://github.com/jquery/jquery/commit/04524287d3e0112deae570ff9247c734833431bb >> - changed the behaviour of $() from $(document) to $([]). >> >> This is a change that I can truly jibe with, and I think the behaviour >> makes sense. No one likes having to do $([]) to create an empty jQuery >> object. Unfortunately, no change for 1.4 has made me think "will >> break a lot of people's code" like this one. For some inane reason, >> people (and a lot of tutorials) really started using the $() shortcut, >> so the change kind of makes me somewhat uneasy. >> >> Would love to hear any other perspectives on this. Should the change >> stay in and be loudly shouted as a potential 1.4 transition issue, or >> rolled back? > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "jQuery Development" group. > To post to this group, send email to jquery-...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en.
