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| **General support principles** | ||
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| We should try to align with the ideas of [SemVer](https://semver.org/), but we can’t guarantee everything will follow that. |
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We are moving towards SemVer2
| * Rationale: major versions will (presumably) have breaking updates, and users will follow them. | ||
| * New features, e.g. a new lockfile type - Support within 2-4 quarters | ||
| * Rationale: This allows time for users to transition to using it. Not jumping on it immediately will also let the community gauge adoption so we don’t waste time on features nobody uses | ||
| * Exception: if it’s a **breaking** change that forces users to use the new thing - support that within 1 quarter (if it’s Semver, that should be a major version - but 🤷) |
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should we remove "(if it’s Semver, that should be a major version - but 🤷)"
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| **Deprecation principles** | ||
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| * Deprecate within 6 months of a version of the package manager being deprecated, or whenever it becomes a problem for us to maintain its support. We will publish deprecation notices within the GitHub Changelog, and where possible, we will send warnings to users about using versions targeted for deprecation within Dependabot. |
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"Deprecations happen within 6 months of a version of the package manager being deprecated"
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Document our maintenance standards for support and deprecation of new ecosystem versions