libjs-jquery 1.4.2 => 1.5 breaks Couchdb-Futon (TypeError, no method httpData)

Confirmed on change of only libjs-jquery from 1.4.2-2ubuntu1 to 1.5-2ubuntu1.

"""Server information could not be retrieved: TypeError: Object function ( selector, context ) {
  // The jQuery object is actually just the init constructor 'enhanced'
  return new jQuery.fn.init( selector, context, rootjQuery );
 } has no method 'httpData'"""

Was just talking to jan____ in #couchdb... in newest upstream work, Futon still doesn't work with jquery 1.5... so if 1.5 is the version in Natty, I think CouchDB is going to have to use it's own internal 1.4.2 version.

Upstream bug: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1067

The problem is in jquery.couch.js and jquery.form.js. Latest couchdb trunk fixes these problems.

<rnewson> aquarius: this was fixed 2011-02-05 with r1067420
<rnewson> "Make compatible with jQuery 1.5.x"
<rnewson> 064a1d9483cfa33bd0fcc97cb1d97e8e342fdeaf by Jason Davies.

http://friendpaste.com/6dZ6seCUQSphLsb9PL6udP contains the bulk of the patch (but not the calls *to* httpData). We should backport the patch.

https://github.com/apache/couchdb/commit/064a1d9483cfa33bd0fcc97cb1d97e8e342fdeaf is the git commit.

I have a proposed a fix here:

https://code.launchpad.net/~jderose/ubuntu/natty/couchdb/fix-716237/+merge/51592

I also have test packages (build pending) in Novacut Daily PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~novacut/+archive/daily

The solution from this ppa works fine on my box (intel atom, 32 Bit).

Okay, new merge proposal, I guess... I didn't quite understand what "Resubmit proposal" would do, not sure if that was the correct Launchpad way or not.

Anyway, thanks to Martin Pitt's review, I reworked the change as a patch in debian/patches:

https://code.launchpad.net/~jderose/ubuntu/natty/couchdb/fix-716237/+merge/52160

PetterPall - thanks for giving the PPA build a spin, confirming it works for you!

This bug was fixed in the package couchdb - 1.0.1-0ubuntu12

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couchdb (1.0.1-0ubuntu12) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/jquery15-fix.patch: Make Futon work with jQuery 1.5 via
    git commit 064a1d9483cfa33bd0fcc97cb1d97e8e342fdeaf (LP: #716237)
 -- Jason Gerard DeRose <email address hidden> Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:08:10 +0100