> Half of them don't even use semantic versioning.
This is a red herring. Distros existed before semantic versioning was defined and had to deal with those issues for ages. When packaging, you check for the behaviour changes in the package and its dependencies. The version numbers are a tiny indicator, but mostly meaningless.
This is a red herring. Distros existed before semantic versioning was defined and had to deal with those issues for ages. When packaging, you check for the behaviour changes in the package and its dependencies. The version numbers are a tiny indicator, but mostly meaningless.