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The thing is, migrations are kind of a choice. Either you migrate or you don't. It's up to you.

I understand the need for fundamental changes and Open Source projects are basically free to do whatever. Maybe something needs an overhaul, maybe the landscape changed, maybe there's a need to change the foundation to make the project more future-proof.

But, I can fully resonate with Armin Ronacher's [1] viewpoint, that instead of acknowledging that these migrations are painful for everybody involved, the maintainers or the community often turn this around into "Everyone who does not upgrade misses out" which causes emotional distress.

So actually you do not have a choice. You migrate or are left behind.

Moreover this affects decisions in the corporate world. Do you chase after the bleeding edge or use stable frameworks which are guaranteed to be supported for more than 10 years? I believe, that is the reason many corporations are so entrenched in the Microsoft stack and Open Source could definitely try to be more sensible in this regard.

[1] https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2019/12/28/open-source-migrates/