We already have a versioning plan with the three dot version numbers. As a developer using a library I should be able to use any minor or patch version without

We already have a versioning plan with the three dot version numbers. As a developer using a library I should be able to use any minor or patch version without breakage. They should just add functions and fix bugs and regressions. Major version numbers mean something will break. The problem is that many library developers need to accept that as their core philosophy or downstream will end up fixing to a specific version. http://semver.org/ http://semver.org/ What the jQuery CDN doesn't do is offer a jquery-1.8.min.js or a jquery-1.min.js for me to always ensure I have an up-to-date and compatible library.