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happytoexplainyesterday at 8:50 PM1 replyview on HN

I agree! And yet I lovingly sacrifice my man-hours to it when I decide to bump that major version number in my dependency manifest.


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procaryotetoday at 6:29 AM

Or minor versions of python...

Honestly python is probably one of the worst offender in this as they combine happily making breaking changes for low value rearranging of deck chairs with a dynamic language where you might only find out in runtime.

The fact that they've also decided to use an unconventional intepretation of minor version shows how little they care.