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

> By the way what is the latest release?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron Evans" <aaronmevans@...>
> To: <dojo-interest@...>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dojo-interest] 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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