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0 pointsloeg8y ago0 comments

One fun example of this is the so-called RPM "5" fork[0], which is basically dead and almost entirely unused[1].

The result is the main RPM everyone uses will probably stay at version 4.x forever.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rpm_(software)#RPM_v5

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They could skip a version like PHP did. Among other reasons, since books and articles about PHP 6 had already been written long before PHP 5+1 came out, they went with 7.

loegOP8y ago

Sure, they could. I don't think they've felt the need to. RPM tends to change slowly and conservatively.

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nkkollaw8y ago

They could skip a version like PHP did. Among other reasons, since books and articles about PHP 6 had already been written long before PHP 5+1 came out, they went with 7.

loegOP8y ago

Sure, they could. I don't think they've felt the need to. RPM tends to change slowly and conservatively.

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