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I think if anything the author is asking for the opposite. Stop actively breaking things that already work. Inaction

• unmole 3y ago
  > Stop actively breaking things that already work. The old versions will continue to work.
  • AshamedCaptain 3y ago
    No, they won't, for the reasons mentioned in the article.
    • shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago
      The article is so riddled with incorrect statements and conclusions, I'm too bored to even summarize them for you. Just read the rest of the comments here if you did not notice anything wrong with the article.
    • anthk 3y ago
      You can't be any more wrong. Debian has full CD/DVD/BluRay sets backed up since v3.0. Slackware had both CD ISOs and repos saved at lots of mirrors.
• AshamedCaptain 3y ago
  This is the point. This constant barrage of questionable breaking changes cause _everyone_ to need to increase the time they spend on useless maintenance. As a consequence, people decide not do it, and stop supporting applications on the Linux desktop. We are literally asking that you stop doing these changes. It's unfair to ask of developers that since you are spending time breaking their applications, developers should spend time following your breaking changes. Please stop breaking our applications.