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0 pointsta096710y ago0 comments

"backwards compatible bug fixes" don't exist: fixing a bug changes the program's behavior.

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Compatibility in this case is referring to published APIs and not changing documented behaviour. There are a large family of changes that are bug fixes that don't change correct use of an API - many security fixes for example.

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0 pointsta096710y ago0 comments

"backwards compatible bug fixes" don't exist: fixing a bug changes the program's behavior.

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dspillett10y ago

Compatibility in this case is referring to published APIs and not changing documented behaviour. There are a large family of changes that are bug fixes that don't change correct use of an API - many security fixes for example.

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