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Dylan16807 on Dec 19, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Go Replaces Interface{} with 'Any'

> 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.

jonathankoren on Dec 20, 2021 [–]

Never backport fixes. Time only goes forward.

Dylan16807 on Dec 20, 2021 | [–]

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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