<![CDATA[why can't a minor version change not be goddamn backward compatible ffs.]]>why can't a minor version change not be goddamn backward compatible ffs.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d5b39605-e560-49a7-8b14-097b60104d3e/why-can-t-a-minor-version-change-not-be-goddamn-backward-compatible-ffs.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 02:39:38 GMTSun, 03 May 2026 13:51:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to why can't a minor version change not be goddamn backward compatible ffs. on Sun, 03 May 2026 14:16:53 GMT]]>@rdnielsen besides python itself, nothing (& that is exactly the problem). i don't understand this question. probably you don't understand what my problem is? the problem is python changing and expecting deps to be in a different versioned directory than the previous version. and i have no control over the distro updating python to a newer minor version (which i now understand has nothing to do with semantic versioning)

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What are you using that is so sensitive to version changes?

I've been maintaining a Python app since 2007 that requires 34 standard library packages and optionally uses an additional 21 standard and third-party packages, and the only revisions that have been required were for the Python 2/3 transition and the changes to the openpyxl and xlrd libraries.

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See https://peps.python.org/pep-2026/

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