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0 pointsrgoulter2y ago0 comments

Of "Frequently update dependencies to latest" or "don't have to modify code which depends on others", you only get to pick one.

If you're frequently updating to latest, you're on the bleeding edge; sometimes things will bleed more than others.

If you're stable, you might not have the latest and greatest all the time.

The attitude of expecting to always have the latest and greatest, but never have anything break, all while not paying for the effort, seems absurd to me.

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fiddlerwoaroof2y ago

It works pretty well, it’s like how continuous integration seemed absurd to people who spent months integrating changes and now is the standard practice.

Anyways, in my experience, if you routinely use the latest and greatest versions of dependencies, over time you find that you stop using dependencies that make this painful.

Anyways, I’m fine with accidental breakage. Deliberately choosing instability in the form of a major version release seems irresponsible for packages at the base of an entire ecosystem. (Absent some critical security issue that your users would have to address anyways as happened with log4j)

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