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Re:Go += Package Versioning by cortesoft on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @02:10PM (#16423079)
I am pretty sure this is exactly the problem semantic versioning is trying to solve. You only pin to the major version, which is supposed to ensure no breaking change occurs.
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Re:Go += Package Versioning by Jach on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @02:40PM (#16423437)
But it just delays the problem and introduces new ones...

Patch changes, don't care, minor changes, don't care, major changes, you're screwed [maybe].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyLBGkS5ICk (https://github.com/matthiasn/talk-transcripts/blob/master/Hi...)

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