- From: Antonio Olmo Titos <antonio@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:50:18 +0900
- To: W3C Team <w3t@w3.org>, Chairs <chairs@w3.org>, Spec-prod <spec-prod@w3.org>
On 28/07/15 Antonio wrote: > Hello > Too often, we upload to w3.org new copies of JS resources that are > publicly available on the site already. Examples of those JS libraries > or files are: jQuery, Slidy, swfobject.js, MathJax, impress.js, > Prism... We commit those files, often in the exact same versions, when > we create specs, pages about events, group pages, staff-only pages, > personal pages, etc. > There are good reasons to try to avoid this redundancy ¹. > From now on, please check if the JS module you need is here, before > uploading a new copy: > https://www.w3.org/scripts/ > If it is not, but still it is a fairly popular module that others > might need too, please write sysreq@w3.org or w3t-sys@w3.org to get it > added to the repository. > We realise the current list is limited -- we included a few of the > most common libraries, but will add more in the future. > You are encouraged to link to any JS files there from any page *within > W3C space*. The JS files themselves are world-readable, so any visitor > of your pages will be able to retrieve them. > This index page, on the other hand, we decided to keep staff-only for > now: there is some concern that if it were public, this repo would be > (mis)treated by some from non-W3C sites as a free CDN (which it is not). > For more information, questions or suggestions, please read/contribute > on the wiki: https://www.w3.org/Team/wiki/JS , or drop us a line! > ···· > ¹ https://www.w3.org/Team/wiki/JS#Purpose Hello By popular demand, our little JS repository has seen some additions since we announced it: • jQuery UI 1.11.4 • Shower 1.0.7 • MathJax 2.5.3 (new version) Kindly remember to check here first before you upload yet another copy of jQuery to the site. If the framework/library you want is not listed there && it is not too obscure { feel free to write w3t-sys@w3.org to add it to https://www.w3.org/scripts/ } -- Antonio Olmo Titos web developer, W3C antonio@w3.org http://w3.org/People/Antonio +81 335162504
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