> it's usual for the existing upper bounds to refer to versions that don't 
> exist at the time of writing (and hence can't be known to be stable).

Well, known to be stable given semantic versioning, then.

http://semver.org/

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Bryan O'Sullivan <b...@serpentine.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 1:50 PM, David Thomas <davidleotho...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Would it make sense to have a known-to-be-stable-though soft upper bound
>> added proactively, and a known-to-break-above hard bound added reactively,
>> so people can loosen gracefully as appropriate?
>
> I don't think so. It adds complexity, but more importantly it's usual for
> the existing upper bounds to refer to versions that don't exist at the time
> of writing (and hence can't be known to be stable).
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