pllim · Dec 13, 2024 · Dec 7, 2024
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ table:
 - changed-files:
   - any-glob-to-any-file:
     - '**/table/**/*'
-    - astropy/extern/jquery/**/*
 
 time:
 - changed-files:

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ repos:
         exclude: "^(\
             cextern/wcslib/C/flexed/.*|\
             CHANGES.rst|\
-            astropy/extern/jquery/data/js/jquery.dataTables.js|\
         )$"
         # Prevent giant files from being committed.
       - id: check-case-conflict

diff --git a/astropy/config/tests/test_configs.py b/astropy/config/tests/test_configs.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def check_config(conf):
     assert "[table]" in conf
     assert "# replace_warnings = ," in conf
     assert "[table.jsviewer]" in conf
-    assert "# css_urls = https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.12/css/jquery.dataTables.css," in conf  # fmt: skip
+    assert "# css_urls = https://cdn.datatables.net/2.1.8/css/dataTables.dataTables.min.css" in conf  # fmt: skip
     assert "[visualization.wcsaxes]" in conf
     assert "## Whether to log exceptions before raising them." in conf
     assert "# log_exceptions = False" in conf

diff --git a/astropy/extern/README.rst b/astropy/extern/README.rst
@@ -13,26 +13,6 @@ In particular, this currently includes for Python:
 - PLY_: This is a parser generator providing lex/yacc-like tools in Python.
   It is used for Astropy's unit parsing and angle/coordinate string parsing.
 
-And for JavaScript:
-
-- jQuery_: This is used currently for the browser-based table viewer feature.
-
-- DataTables_: This is a plug-in for jQuery used also for the browser-based
-  table viewer.
-
-Notes for developers
---------------------
-
-jQuery/DataTables
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-The minified files are the ones that are used in the table viewer feature, but
-the non-minified versions are also present in the ``js/`` sub-directory for
-packaging reasons. These files must also be distributed, to provide the source
-files from which the minified ones can be compiled. This is a requirement for
-Linux distributions such as Debian and Fedora.
-
-
 Notes for third-party packagers
 -------------------------------
 
@@ -43,15 +23,11 @@ would prefer to use their system packages rather than the bundled versions.
 jQuery/DataTables
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Packagers may either use system copies of these JavaScript modules, or require
-use of online versions (perhaps via URLs of cloud-hosted versions of these
-modules).
-
 It is possible to change the default urls for the remote versions of these
 files by using the Astropy
 `Configuration system <https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/config/>`_. The default
 configuration file (``$HOME/.astropy/config``) contains a commented section
-``[table.jsviewer]`` with two items for jQuery and DataTables. It is also
+``[table.jsviewer]`` with two items for jQuery_ and DataTables_. It is also
 possible to display the default value and modify it by importing the
 configuration module::
 
@@ -63,10 +39,9 @@ configuration module::
     In [3]: conf.jquery_url = '...'
 
 Third-party packagers can override the defaults for these configuration items
-(by modifying the configuration objects in ``astropy/table/jsviewer.py``, or
+by modifying the configuration objects in ``astropy/table/jsviewer.py``, or
 provide astropy config files that include the overrides appropriate for the
-packaged version.  They would *also* need to set the default
-``use_local_files`` option to ``False`` for these settings to be read.
+packaged version.
 
 
 Other

diff --git a/astropy/extern/jquery/__init__.py b/astropy/extern/jquery/__init__.py