Version 1.10.0. The end.

Author: bodrovis

Gemfile.lock

@@ -1,146 +1,149 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    jquery-slick-rails (1.9.0)
+    jquery-slick-rails (1.10.0)
       railties (>= 3.1)
 
 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (6.0.3.4)
-      actionpack (= 6.0.3.4)
+    actioncable (7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
-    actionmailbox (6.0.3.4)
-      actionpack (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activejob (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activerecord (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activestorage (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activesupport (= 6.0.3.4)
+    actionmailbox (7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activejob (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
       mail (>= 2.7.1)
-    actionmailer (6.0.3.4)
-      actionpack (= 6.0.3.4)
-      actionview (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activejob (= 6.0.3.4)
+    actionmailer (7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionview (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activejob (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-    actionpack (6.0.3.4)
-      actionview (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activesupport (= 6.0.3.4)
-      rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.0.8)
+    actionpack (7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionview (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.2.0)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
-    actiontext (6.0.3.4)
-      actionpack (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activerecord (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activestorage (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activesupport (= 6.0.3.4)
+    actiontext (7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (6.0.3.4)
-      activesupport (= 6.0.3.4)
+    actionview (7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
       builder (~> 3.1)
       erubi (~> 1.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0)
-    activejob (6.0.3.4)
-      activesupport (= 6.0.3.4)
+    activejob (7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (6.0.3.4)
-      activesupport (= 6.0.3.4)
-    activerecord (6.0.3.4)
-      activemodel (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activesupport (= 6.0.3.4)
-    activestorage (6.0.3.4)
-      actionpack (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activejob (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activerecord (= 6.0.3.4)
-      marcel (~> 0.3.1)
-    activesupport (6.0.3.4)
+    activemodel (7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+    activerecord (7.0.0.rc1)
+      activemodel (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+    activestorage (7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activejob (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      marcel (~> 1.0)
+      mini_mime (>= 1.1.0)
+    activesupport (7.0.0.rc1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
-      i18n (>= 0.7, < 2)
-      minitest (~> 5.1)
-      tzinfo (~> 1.1)
-      zeitwerk (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.2)
+      i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
+      minitest (>= 5.1)
+      tzinfo (~> 2.0)
     builder (3.2.4)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.1.7)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.1.9)
     crass (1.0.6)
     erubi (1.10.0)
-    globalid (0.4.2)
-      activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
-    i18n (1.8.5)
+    globalid (1.0.0)
+      activesupport (>= 5.0)
+    i18n (1.8.11)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     jquery-rails (4.4.0)
       rails-dom-testing (>= 1, < 3)
       railties (>= 4.2.0)
       thor (>= 0.14, < 2.0)
-    loofah (2.7.0)
+    loofah (2.13.0)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
     mail (2.7.1)
       mini_mime (>= 0.1.1)
-    marcel (0.3.3)
-      mimemagic (~> 0.3.2)
+    marcel (1.0.2)
     method_source (1.0.0)
-    mimemagic (0.3.5)
-    mini_mime (1.0.2)
-    mini_portile2 (2.4.0)
-    minitest (5.14.2)
-    nio4r (2.5.4)
-    nokogiri (1.10.10)
-      mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0)
-    nokogiri (1.10.10-x64-mingw32)
-      mini_portile2 (~> 2.4.0)
-    power_assert (1.2.0)
+    mini_mime (1.1.2)
+    mini_portile2 (2.6.1)
+    minitest (5.14.4)
+    nio4r (2.5.8)
+    nokogiri (1.12.5)
+      mini_portile2 (~> 2.6.1)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
+    nokogiri (1.12.5-x64-mingw32)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
+    power_assert (2.0.1)
+    racc (1.6.0)
     rack (2.2.3)
     rack-test (1.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
-    rails (6.0.3.4)
-      actioncable (= 6.0.3.4)
-      actionmailbox (= 6.0.3.4)
-      actionmailer (= 6.0.3.4)
-      actionpack (= 6.0.3.4)
-      actiontext (= 6.0.3.4)
-      actionview (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activejob (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activemodel (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activerecord (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activestorage (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activesupport (= 6.0.3.4)
-      bundler (>= 1.3.0)
-      railties (= 6.0.3.4)
-      sprockets-rails (>= 2.0.0)
+    rails (7.0.0.rc1)
+      actioncable (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionmailbox (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionmailer (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      actiontext (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionview (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activejob (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activemodel (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      bundler (>= 1.15.0)
+      railties (= 7.0.0.rc1)
     rails-dom-testing (2.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
-    rails-html-sanitizer (1.3.0)
+    rails-html-sanitizer (1.4.2)
       loofah (~> 2.3)
-    railties (6.0.3.4)
-      actionpack (= 6.0.3.4)
-      activesupport (= 6.0.3.4)
+    railties (7.0.0.rc1)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.0.rc1)
       method_source
-      rake (>= 0.8.7)
-      thor (>= 0.20.3, < 2.0)
-    rake (13.0.1)
+      rake (>= 12.2)
+      thor (~> 1.0)
+      zeitwerk (~> 2.5)
+    rake (13.0.6)
     sprockets (4.0.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       rack (> 1, < 3)
-    sprockets-rails (3.2.2)
-      actionpack (>= 4.0)
-      activesupport (>= 4.0)
+    sprockets-rails (3.4.2)
+      actionpack (>= 5.2)
+      activesupport (>= 5.2)
       sprockets (>= 3.0.0)
-    test-unit (3.3.7)
+    test-unit (3.5.2)
       power_assert
-    thor (1.0.1)
-    thread_safe (0.3.6)
-    tzinfo (1.2.8)
-      thread_safe (~> 0.1)
-    tzinfo-data (1.2020.4)
+    thor (1.1.0)
+    tzinfo (2.0.4)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    tzinfo-data (1.2021.5)
       tzinfo (>= 1.0.0)
-    websocket-driver (0.7.3)
+    websocket-driver (0.7.5)
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
-    zeitwerk (2.4.1)
+    zeitwerk (2.5.1)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -149,9 +152,10 @@ PLATFORMS
 DEPENDENCIES
   jquery-rails
   jquery-slick-rails!
-  rails (~> 6.0)
+  rails (= 7.0.0.rc1)
+  sprockets-rails (~> 3.4)
   test-unit (~> 3.1)
   tzinfo-data
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.1.4
+   2.2.33

README.md

@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ A ruby gem that uses the Rails asset pipeline to include the jQuery Slick plugin
 
 If you are using Rails 6 with Webpacker then you don't need this gem (install Slick directly from NPM instead). Check out [this sample app](https://github.com/bodrovis/jquery-slick-rails-demo/tree/master/Rails6Webpacker) for more info.
 
+## DEPRECATION NOTICE
+
+This gem was created in 2014 and since then it has been downloaded more than 2 million times. I'm glad you guys found it useful! However, it's time to move on. Rails 6 uses Webpacker as a de-facto standard to bundle assets therefore **this gem became redundant for setups that utilize Webpacker or other bundlers like esbuild**. Moreover, Rails 7 is coming in December 2021 and this new version uses another modern approach: you can rely on [jsbundling-rails](https://github.com/rails/jsbundling-rails) and choose your favourite bundler (Webpacker, esbuild, rollup). Basically, it means that it's not recommended to install front-end packages as Ruby gems anymore.
+
+Another thing to mention is that **Slick itself was abandoned** by its maintainer: there are no new releases since 2018. Slick was a great solution back in the day but now it was superseded by other modern libraries that do not rely on jQuery.
+
+Therefore, **jquery-slick-rails** is officially deprecated since December, 2021. **Version 1.10.0 is the final release** I'm going to roll out: it is tested with Rails 7 so it should still work fine with older setups. But once again: it's very much recommended to migrate to jsbundling-rails or Webpacker.
+
+Thank you for your attention, and hopefully you'll find [my other solutions useful](https://rubygems.org/profiles/bodrovis).
+
+*Ilya Bodrov-Krukowski*
+
 ## Installation
 
 Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

jquery-slick-rails.gemspec

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.email       = ["[email protected]"]
   s.homepage    = "https://github.com/bodrovis/jquery-slick-rails"
   s.summary     = "Integrates Slick carousel into Rails app."
-  s.description = "Integrates Slick carousel, a jQuery plugin by Ken Wheeler, into your Rails app."
+  s.description = "Integrates Slick carousel, a jQuery plugin by Ken Wheeler, into your Rails app. THIS GEM IS DEPRECATED."
 
   s.files         = Dir["{lib,app}/**/*"] + ["LICENSE", "README.md"]
   s.executables   = s.files.grep(%r{^bin/}).map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.license       = 'MIT'
 
   s.add_dependency 'railties', '>= 3.1'
-  s.add_development_dependency "rails", "~> 6.0"
+  s.add_development_dependency "rails", "7.0.0.rc1"
+  s.add_development_dependency 'sprockets-rails', '~> 3.4'
   s.add_development_dependency 'test-unit', '~> 3.1'
 end

lib/jquery-slick-rails/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module JquerySlickRails
-  VERSION = '1.9.0'
+  VERSION = '1.10.0'
 end