alt Hacker NewsAnyone with an older toolchain can’t build that library of anything that depends on it.
Some environments might not even have the newer version available.
Anyone with an older toolchain can’t build that library of anything that depends on it.
Some environments might not even have the newer version available.
Anyone with an older toolchain is free to fork it on github, test with the older version, and CI to the project that tests with the older version, and submit a patch, too!
This may not get the project as many users, but not everyone who writes a 50 line project is trying to figure out which versions it supports and setting up full test matrices either.