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Cake day: August 17th, 2023

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  • When I wrote that I was imagining something more significant like a code refactor,

    Again, a code refactor is not a change in public API and thus does not constitute a semver major bump.

    I’d like to have written a more constructive reply, but with most of your comment consisting of explanations with arguments couched in I’m not interested enough to parse out what is what, sorry. Don’t know why you explain UserChrome.css to me.



  • I think you have a misconception about what Semver is. No, changing private interfaces does NOT increase major version - why do you think that Semver specifies that you must declare a public API? This would also mean any bugfixes would result in major bumps, but they don’t, because not every interface change is treated equally.

    You also skipped the actual question. What are all of Firefoxes interfaces? Is user flow itself an interface?



  • That works for libraries, but applications? What is the interface you’re looking at for backwards compatibility? Towards websites, towards workflows, towards CLI arguments, towards ABI, or something else?

    There’s also the disadvantage of being perceived as moving slower than the competition. If Chrome is at v162 and you’re at v3, people perceive the version numbers to reflect the quality and development. Shouldn’t be the case, but it is.














  • One of my parents little shits does that. He’s not allowed on the kitchen counter, but is allowed on a bar area slightly higher. He lays there, and you can see how his paw gets stretched down further and further, until it hovers millimeters above the counter. Sometimes he touches it, and gets very offended when told off. Then the paw goes back up, and the lowering starts all over.