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by kmeisthax 1012 days ago
Is it a breaking change to not support an old compiler when the new compiler is the same major as the old one was? Transitive dependency upgrades that bump minor don't trigger major version bumps in downstream users. Why should compilers be different?
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You would opt in to the future, not have to pin the past. It would give the ecosystem more stability.