[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52012: Bundle jQuery plugin temporarily to encourage adoption of auto-updates

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#52012: Bundle jQuery plugin temporarily to encourage adoption of auto-updates
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 Reporter:  carike           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |     Version:  5.5
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  javascript
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Changes (by apedog):

 * version:   => 5.5


Comment:

 +1 for this.

 I'll only add that I don't think Core should delete the plugin. Maybe a
 deactivation through site-health would be more reasonable. Number of admin
 log-ins seems like an arbitrary choice.

 In addition, in the interest of upholding backward-compatibility
 philosophy as much as possible, I think we should consider polyfilling
 some jQuery functions indefinitely by core.

 Case in point: https://api.jquery.com/andSelf/
 > Note: This API has been removed in jQuery 3.0; use .addBack() instead,
 which should work identically.
 There are no security implications for adding a wrapper function. This is
 essentially syntax sugar.
 This could mean WordPress would support non-standard jQuery so YMMV. I
 don't have a strong opinion on this myself - bc-compatibility vs.
 "correct" jQuery syntax - but this will mitigate a lot of bc-incompatible
 breakage.

 I believe this plugin should have been bundled with WordPress as far back
 as 5.5, and if this feature is adopted, I believe the inclusion should be
 backported to 5.5.x

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52012#comment:6>
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