@ixvedeusi said in The Official Status Thread:
@sockpuppet7 said in The Official Status Thread:
what's the point of dividing into minor and major versions of it's not a library?
In an ideal world I would be able to stick to a given major version which has the features I need and an UI that works for me, and be comfortable in the knowledge that it will continue working the way I'm used to without them randomly breaking shit,
The websites change and the browsers need to change with them
removing important features because they "were confusing", or having to hunt down those features again every few months because some design wanker thought that UI needs another random complete overhaul. Meanwhile I would continue getting minor version updates which would include bug fixes and security fixes, and make sure things continue working in a changing environment; and there might even be the occasional new feature that can be integrated into the existing UI in a non-intrusive way.
Ok, adhering to standards and fixes could be minor changes, and anything else a major change
If the browsers were to concede to this, there could be an LTS version of them. Dunno if anybody didn't fork chromium and did something like this yet
Of course I see why this can't really be how things work in reality, but I wish someone would at least acknowledge that it would be valuable and make a reasonable effort in that direction, instead of just throwing out the concept wholesale and going "hurr durr why do you hate progress" instead.
An LTS fork is theoretically possible, and forks of firefox and chromium do exist, maybe one of these would be satisfactory for you?