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A word of advice to framework authors:
If I am currently using v2.5.5 of a library, and I update to 2.8.6, I would expect to maybe have to update a few deprecated method calls here and there.
I do not expect the entire API to be completely different, with half the classes totally renamed and restructured. Breaking changes should go into a new major version plz

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updating libraries

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  • 1
    7y
    Weeeeell. Do they use the major minor patch system? If they don't, tough luck
  • 3
    7y
    So, in effect you're saying that every developer in the world today should switch their projects over to semantic versioning?

    For what it's worth, I'm a big supporter of semver, but it's not the answer to every type of software release, so it will never completely take over the world of versioning.
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    7y
    Breaking stuff with a minor version isn't the worst i've encountered, having breaking changes in a f-ing patch (Laravel and Lumen, sometimes they're not even mentioned in the release notes and/or upgrade guide (wtf), i've had to dig through the commit history on github to figure out why things were breaking).
  • 1
    7y
    After reading the last two comments, suddenly the history of jQuery releases springs to mind.. lol.
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