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by dreamdu5t 4379 days ago
While I support semantic versioning, people need to be aware that it's only as good as the package maintainer. I have used packages that have (unintentionally) broke semver conformity. Nothing really stops an author from releasing breaking changes when going from "1.2.1" to "1.2.2".
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The goal is to use package manager defaults and community pressure to keep things on the straight and narrow. We'll see how it goes!