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by ta0967 3902 days ago
"backwards compatible bug fixes" don't exist: fixing a bug changes the program's behavior.
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dspillett 3902 days ago
Compatibility in this case is referring to published APIs and not changing documented behaviour. There are a large family of changes that are bug fixes that don't change correct use of an API - many security fixes for example.
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