Re: On patches and enhancements (was Re: (Unofficial)FilteringTable enhancements)

> Hi Tom,
>
> I agree with what you are saying here.
>
> My one comment is that often times, the reason why one might want to
> get their patch incorporated into the source tree is so that it is
> part of the next official release.
>
> If not, then what ends up happening is that every time one upgrades,
> one has to go through all of their patches and re-engineer how to
> properly implement them.
>
> This becomes a very painful process because:
>
> 1. Dojo releases come out so frequently.
>
> 2. There are so *many* changes in each release, especially with
> widgets, where in my experience, I have had to do so many patches.
>
> Sticking with an older, official release is also very problematic
> because it is very hard to get community support when you encounter a
> strange problem.  The answer is always "get the latest from SVN".
> Unfortunately for production systems with a lot of customizations and
> dojo patches, this is just not feasible.
>
> Now, as for #1, I am sure that as dojo matures, releases will become
> less frequent.
>
> Also, wrt #2, I am sure that a lot of the changes with each release
> are in fact due to the problem you've identified here! (ie. being to
> permissible with the community wrt patches).
>
> But, I just thought I would put in my 2 cents from the perspective of
> a dojo user.
>
> -aaron
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