Ralf Corsepius wrote:
But, from an FE background, the situation is conversely:
People break ABIs/APIs/etc.,
because they are not aware about doing so,
Unfortunate, but could potentially be caught with education and
updates-testing.
because they do not care about it,
sad also, break out clue-stick.
because they blindly follow upstream
(and upstream doesn't care about ABI/API/etc.)
I'd say maintainer's in a tough situation, if upstream neither cares,
nor supports the older version, what to do?
because they think "having feature XXX outweighs
ABI/API/etc.".
Already addressed. Judgement call.
-- Rex