Core + Exrtas 2

[Rex Dieter]

Ralf Corsepius wrote:

> But, from an FE background, the situation is conversely: 
> People break ABIs/APIs/etc., 

> because they are not aware about doing so,

Unfortunate, but could potentially be caught with education and
updates-testing.

> because they do not care about it,

sad also, break out clue-stick.

> because they blindly follow upstream
> (and upstream doesn't care about ABI/API/etc.) 

I'd say maintainer's in a tough situation, if upstream neither cares,
nor supports the older version, what to do?

> because they think "having feature XXX outweighs ABI/API/etc.".

Already addressed.  Judgement call.

-- Rex