Versioning schemes like semver don't work in practice because change is breaking by definition. I'm increasingly convinced that the only version people should

Versioning schemes like semver don't work in practice because change is breaking by definition. I'm increasingly convinced that the only version people should use is "latest." Security patches are the only things that should be retroactively added (maybe even as out-of-band patchfiles clearly marked with "to be used only until you get up and upgrade your software.") If you've amassed such tech debt that an upgrade is infeasible, you've forked the software and are responsible for its upgrades.