I personally disagree. With a limit backwards compatibility, current Prototype users could have a simple command line switch to regain their old default. Furthermore, I feel that the default JS library is the least coupled piece of Rails 3 -- changing it is rather unobtrusive, as long as bindings are available for the major frameworks.
Cheers, Daniel On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Ryan Bigg <[email protected]> wrote: > I would not go changing this in a minor release. Major or bust. > > Ryan Bigg / Radar > > On 28/05/2010, at 1:58, Norman Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:45, Xavier Noria <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Yehuda Katz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The idea that 16% of Rails users use jQuery is divorced from reality. >>> >>> But you are talking perceptions, and the sample talks numbers. >>> >>> Of course 16% has to be taken with some margins, but you can't deny it >>> makes difficult to claim that the vast majority of Rails developers >>> use jQuery exclusively, which was the claim in (1). That is a strong >>> claim! (1 was originally stated as a feeling not a fact, that's fine). >>> >>> If the percent had been 84% then there would be no doubt about it, >>> right? But < 20%... dubious. >> >> This is why I stated that once Rails 3 comes out, it should be easier >> to get some "real" numbers on this, since presumably it will be just >> as easy for developers to use jQuery as it currently is to use >> Prototype, and those users >> who actively program in Javascript rather than just using the helpers >> will consciously decide to use one or the other. >> >> I would suggest it's a bit late to change the default option at this >> time, and if the decision is left for 3.1 it can easily be based at >> least in part on real-world numbers that nobody disputes. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
