There is the strict interpretation of the words "what is an abi?" and then there is the real world "what breaks things users would rather not be broken?" Maint

There is the strict interpretation of the words "what is an abi?" and then there is the real world "what breaks things users would rather not be broken?" Maintainers of a package used by literally almost every executable really ought to use the latter thought process, IMHO. Hiding behind the "well, technically..." is kind of irresponsible. Hiding behind "It's been 16 years since we introduced $NEW_THING" is doubly so. Who the hell reads glibc's changelists for fun? You know the quote: "on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.`"