This seems unnecessarily cynical, 4 years is a pretty long time to go between major versions for a library like this, and if you look at the breaking changes they're not exactly severe. This isn't a React Router situation where you need to re-write your whole app.
> I don't blame the maintainers (I assume they don't have a fat support and maintenance contract)
> I don't blame the maintainers (I assume they don't have a fat support and maintenance contract)
What's the implication here?