findepi commented on PR #6337: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/6337#issuecomment-2322985485
thank you @Xuanwo @alamb for your feedback! > The benefit of using `0.12` instead of `0.12.2` is that it allows users to continue using `0.12.1` without forcing them to upgrade to the latest version. DataFusion needs to use prost version matching arrow-flight, or there can be difficult to understand errors. This limited ability to update prost there https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/12237. Can the semver always be trusted, i.e. should different patch versions be _assumed_ to be always compatible? Secondly, if we defer the patch version update here to give downstream projects more freedom, when do we do it? "Never" sounds like a wrong answer, so what would the rule be? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
