Semver was invented to facilitate that. Only if everyone adhered to it.
Semver doesn't help. The primary issue is effort. If it's an open source project with 1-2 devs, they probably won't be able to handle supporting multiple branches unless they're being paid to do this.
> Semver was invented to facilitate that
First time I've heard that. How does semver facilitate backporting?
Semver doesn't help. The primary issue is effort. If it's an open source project with 1-2 devs, they probably won't be able to handle supporting multiple branches unless they're being paid to do this.