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For humans, yes. For software, not so much. There’s a special rule in SemVer that states when the leading major version is 0, every minor version bump is consi
by zachwlewis 2y ago
For humans, yes. For software, not so much.
There’s a special rule in SemVer that states when the leading major version is 0, every minor version bump is considered breaking.
https://semver.org/#spec-item-4 https://semver.org/#spec-item-4
NPM handles 0.x.y versions of packages differently from 1+.x.y
https://github.com/npm/node-semver#caret-ranges-123-025-004 https://github.com/npm/node-semver#caret-ranges-123-025-004
Several major packages are still on 0.x.y and (ab)use this feature when updating without "committing" to a major version.
- galaxyLogic 2y agoThanks for the explanation, crucial to explain why.