* Roan Kattouw roan.kattouw@gmail.com [Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:38:11 +0100]:
Will v1.16 release include jQuery?
Yes, although the way jQuery is included will probably change in 1.17 with the (planned) introduction of a script loader.
Let's hope that won't alter much the actual usage of it.
1.15 has a lot of installations, too. Can't there be sajax to jQuery
compatibility
layer (implementing sajax functions "indirectly" via jQuery)?
How is that relevant to 1.15 installs being around? Extensions have different versions matching different versions of MediaWiki, so this shouldn't be a problem at all. Like I said, sajax will be kept around for some time to come, and if your extension uses jQuery it shouldn't be claiming compatibility with 1.15 and below.
Sometimes newer versions of extensions have important fixes, but unfortunately these extensions versions may be incompatible with older versions of MediaWiki, at the same time. It probably will be harder to backport. Ok, nevermind. Dmitriy