Oh, I dunno. Folks who write Linux software seem to cope well enough with rolling-release distros. Moreover, MSFT's SxS assembly stuff means that they can keep

Oh, I dunno. Folks who write Linux software seem to cope well enough with rolling-release distros. Moreover, MSFT's SxS assembly stuff means that they can keep old versions of software around for back-compat. Anyway, devs will know what was components were released on a particular date, and target those components. It's not rocket science. :)