> while I don't disagree with your premise, I think a more generous conclusion is that the angular team has learned from the 1->2 disaster, and has decided to focus on the long term, even if that means causing more headaches in the short term.

Did they really ?. If they did they would focus on API stability instead of breaking changes. Moving to semver is an issue when a product didn't use semver at first place.

I want them to succeed but I also want to be able to pickup a framework I didn't use for a year without having to relearn its API.