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It's also "Go one point ten" and "Go one point fifteen". That's a minor version update. Backwards compatibility is common between minor version updates - in fac
by t-writescode 6y ago
It's also "Go one point ten" and "Go one point fifteen". That's a minor version update. Backwards compatibility is common between minor version updates - in fact, it's part of a major version update that backwards compatibility breaks.
- jeffrallen 6y agoIt is minor because the Go team understands their responsibility not to make major changes. Which they learned in part from watching Python screw it up.
- t-writescode 6y agoPython didn't screw up. They ticked the "major" version number. That's what the 3 in the number is: major.minor.revision: https://semver.org/ https://semver.org/ They ticked the version at the right spot, which means it's (edit: not) backwards compatible.
- jeffrallen 6y agoThey screwed up because it turned out enough of their users didn't want a new major version that it split their community for years.