[readittwice]

I need to add that even glibc is also quite stable and backwards compatible: https://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/timeline/glibc/.

That's why some projects deliberately build their software on very old distros, since the software then works from this version on.

[pritambaral]

> glibc is also quite stable and backwards compatible

But not forwards compatible. A binary linked dynamically against with a newer glibc wouldn't run with an older glibc.