Use `$templateRequest` instead of `$http` when downloading the template from templateUrl

[matsko]

Would you guys be open to use $templateRequest instead of $http? I tried creating a patch, but it looks like the tests only run using 1.2. $templateRequest runs with 1.3 only. Is there anything we can do? Do you guys have a different test suite for 1.3 code?

I'm trying to fix this bug: angular/angular.js#11492

[nateabele]

Would you guys be open to use $templateRequest instead of $http?

Yes!

Do you guys have a different test suite for 1.3 code?

Not currently. We haven't done a version bump of the suite in a while. I'll get on that later today.

[matsko]

@nateabele did you get a chance to look into this?

[nateabele]

@matsko I did, yeah. Turns out we actually do run the test suite against 1.3, it just wasn't part of the default build (which I have since fixed... I'll add 1.4 shortly as well).

The patch was pretty simple, but it looks like the $templateFactory test is hung up in at least two places: differences in the Accept header, and what appears to be a BC-break in the API for $httpBackend. Open to suggestions on how to resolve that.

[nateabele]

@christopherthielen What's our minimum version for 1.0 gonna be again?

[nateabele]

@matsko Ping? (See #1900).