Re: [OFFTOPIC] Semver

[Stefan Monnier]

> But what do you do to preserve/break forward compatibility?

Strictly speaking, any change to the code can break something somewhere
(https://xkcd.com/1172/), but the general rule to preserve forward
compatibility is "don't introduce new features".

You can preserve forward compatibility while breaking backward
compatibility, e.g. by making a release that adds no new features but
drops support for old features (e.g. making the code more efficient
along the way).


        Stefan