jQuery.noConflict() and the UI Library

jQuery.noConflict() and the UI Library


I was kind of surprised to see that jQuery.noConflict() doesn't not
have any effect on the UI library code which is peppered with $ calls
instead of the safe jQuery explicit calls.
I've experimented around with trying to get various components like
the Calendar to work with noConflict() but no luck.
Are there any plans to make this work in the future?
I have a related home grown library that also uses $ and while it
checks to see if the function is already wired and tries to work
around it, jQuery's object basically breaks the implementation. I can
get jQuery itself to work safely with a few minor changes in my
library but the UI components don't play nice with any of the
suggested work-arounds including closure wrapping. Specifcically it
looks like dynamic event hookups from within the controls end up
failing.
Any suggestions on how to make this work (other than throw out the
other library which unfortunately is not an option due to legacy code
issues)?