How Do You Decide When to Bump an API Version?
I'm trying to understand the valid approaches to API versioning and how to distinguish between major, minor, and patch-level changes. In particular, when should a change be treated…
semantic versioning
How do you distinguish valid API versioning changes?
I'm trying to understand how API versioning conventions work and how to classify different kinds of changes. Is a major version for breaking changes, a minor version for…
Should dropping Python 3.8 and 3.9 support require a major release?
I maintain a Python CLI and development tool for Polylith-style architectures, mainly used with microservices in monorepos. A small number of users still run Python 3.8, and some…
Is dropping Python 3.8 and 3.9 support a breaking change?
I maintain a Python CLI for the Polylith Architecture, mainly used with microservices in monorepos and installed as a development or CI dependency. A small number of users…
Should CI and dependency-only changes receive a SemVer patch release?
I'm trying to decide how consistently to apply Semantic Versioning to maintenance changes. I recently upgraded several GitHub Actions, which don't affect the library's runtime behavior, so a…
How to Version Docker Images When Updating for Security Patches?
Hey all! We've just switched our infrastructure to utilize Kubernetes for production and staging environments. We follow trunk-based development and use semantic versioning for our API releases. Now…
How to Tag Docker Images for Different Environments?
Hey everyone! I've just set up my first GitHub action that pushes Docker images to the packages section of my repo. I'm managing my Docker stacks using Portainer…
What's the Deal with NPM Versioning for New Libraries?
Hey everyone! I'm currently working on maintaining a new library that has its version starting at 0.x. I've learned that when dealing with this versioning scheme, NPM interprets…