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by mkj 4086 days ago
Apple's general approach is "if it isn't documented, we can break it", a bit different to Linux.
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joakleaf 4086 days ago
I think, Apple's general approach is:"We can break it." Documented or not.

Seems like they change stuff all the time. Especially on iOS.

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valleyer 4086 days ago
Can you provide examples of non deprecated API that Apple broke?
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interpol_p 4086 days ago
The recent Swift 1.2 release brought a whole load of code breaking changes. None of Swift 1.0 was explicitly deprecated.
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Sephiroth87 4086 days ago
That's a bit different, they explicitly said Swift is a work in progress and code compatibility is not guaranteed between versions...
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Zikes 4086 days ago
After 1.0 API changes really should increment the major version.
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ebbv 4086 days ago
Unless you say "We're probably going to break things." when you announce it, which they did.
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WA 4086 days ago
I agree. I think there was never a major iOS release that didn't break things in my app. Really basic stuff like a text input for example.
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Aloha 4086 days ago
I actually think it's much the same, judging from the quote from linus in the parent.
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