I don't get why people expect no breaking changes
I don't get why people expect no breaking changes
Posted May 22, 2025 10:00 UTC (Thu) by tux3 (subscriber, #101245)In reply to: I don't get why people expect no breaking changes by NYKevin
Parent article: Recent disruptive changes from Setuptools
If we take the view that the setuptools developers are under no obligation to play nice and be considerate, then it stands that their users are under to obligation to respond with gratitude. You're perfectly allowed to do that, but it always cuts both ways.
You can take a "let others deal with it" attitude, but you can't force users to like it. Doing unpopular things is a reliable way to become unpopular.
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