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This is a cultural thing, where developers will decide when to invest in developing their library against the old version and when for the new version. For stab
by greenleafjacob 9y ago
This is a cultural thing, where developers will decide when to invest in developing their library against the old version and when for the new version. For stable languages like C, or distro supported packages it’s years - just check out Debian or Red Hat for an ecosystem that values stability.
- abritinthebay 9y agoSure, and at the scale & purpose of Debian or Red Hat that’s extremely important. But that’s nothing to do with bad versioning practices and everything to do with product priorities. Also C versions are have the same issue. Try to build a C11 project with a C89 compiler. Hell I’ve had C89 code not work in clang... Versions affect everything.