But did semver really set out to eradicate all distinction between minor incompatibilities and complete architectural reboots?
So much semver adoption seems to be based entirely on wishful thinking.
Step 1: hey, perfect drop-in compatibility would be so cool
Step 2: we can do it, with semver!
Step 3: we use semver! Yay us!
Step 4: oh, turns out adopting semver did not make perfect drop in compatibility any easier
Step 5: don't ever touch that zero between major and bugfix
So much semver adoption seems to be based entirely on wishful thinking.