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Stephan Bönnemann
July 30, 2015
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We fail to follow SemVer – and why it needn’t matter
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☺ Hi, I’m Stephan @boennemann @boennemann
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170,000 @boennemann packages on npm
A package is a solved problem @boennemann
1. npmsearch.com 2. npm install <package> 3. ? 4. profit
@boennemann
X.Y.Z @boennemann Major Minor Patch http://semver.org
@boennemann Major Minor Patch http://semver.org 1.0.0
@boennemann Major Minor Patch http://semver.org 1.0.1
@boennemann Major Minor Patch http://semver.org 1.1.0
@boennemann Major Minor Patch http://semver.org 2.0.0
2.0.0 @boennemann Major Minor Patch Breaking Feature
2.0.0 @boennemann Breaking Feature Patch http://semver.npmjs.com/ ~ ^
Nein @boennemann
We fail to follow SemVer @boennemann
@boennemann http://npmbynumbers.bocoup.com/ 0.y.z >0.y.z
Anything may change at any time @boennemann
@boennemann
No changelogs @boennemann
@boennemann
Hauptversionsnummern- erhöhungsangst¹ @boennemann ¹ Fear of increasing the major version
If we strictly followed “semantic” versioning, it would probably be
Backbone.js 43.0.0 by now — which doesn't help anyone evaluate the actual progress of the project. – Jeremy Ashkenas, http://backbonejs.org/ @boennemann
evaluate the actual progress of the project @boennemann
Versions are not for humans @boennemann
@boennemann
@boennemann 1.x 2.x
@boennemann 1.x 1.x
Versions are not for humans – names are @boennemann
Our tools are so bad, we value human readability in
computer protocols when it really doesn’t. fucking. matter. @boennemann – Stephan Seidt, http://fucking.engineering/
We fail to follow SemVer and why it needn’t matter
@boennemann
live-coding @boennemann
⭐⭐⭐ git.io/semantic-release npm.im/semantic-release @boennemann
Thank you @boennemann