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Re:Go Replaces Interface{} with 'Any' by jonathankoren on Thursday December 16, 2021 @09:02PM (#29586840)
>If a user that was happily using version 727 is now on a version that's almost identical to 402

lol. That’s not how this works.

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Re:Go Replaces Interface{} with 'Any' by Dylan16807 on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:40AM (#29612167)
> lol. That’s not how this works.

If I give my bugfix to 402 a version number, it will be 728.

So if that's not what happens, what does?

Do I give it no version number?

Am I not allowed to release a bugfix?

Surely you can see why both of those options cause unnecessary problems.

If you have something else in mind, you need to say it.

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Re:Go Replaces Interface{} with 'Any' by jonathankoren on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:53AM (#29622387)
Never backport fixes. Time only goes forward.
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Re:Go Replaces Interface{} with 'Any' by Dylan16807 on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:24PM (#29628953)
It might not even be a backport. Either way that's a pretty rude system.

And it's not really a version numbering system that you're advocating for at that point, it's a strict rule about linear releases.

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