Semver j3

[brianteeman]

What is the point in saying joomla follows semantic versioning when it is only selectively applied.

Expected result

No new features in a patch release

Actual result

Depends on the whim of the committer

3.9.5 and now 3.9.6 have new features.

Additional comments

[brianteeman]

more new features merged into 3.9.6 :( :(

and yet great new features are being rejected and forced into J4 next year

[HLeithner]

@brianteeman which new feature did I merged?

[brianteeman]

#23514

[HLeithner]

Sorry that is no feature, it is a bug, because the xml was missing, that php code that uses the parameter already exists but didn't worked because you can't set it.

[Bakual]

#24115 is a new feature as well (new options).

[Bakual]

Sorry that is no feature, it is a bug,

Sorry, but you could argue this was for everything. Even if code is aprtially missing.
Eg frontend editing for com_contact: Most of the code is already there. It would still be a new feature and thus goes rightfully into J4.

[alikon]

#23514 is quite a bit bordeline, imo, so it depeneds on how you feel/read it

[brianteeman]

Sorry that is no feature, it is a bug,

Sorry, but you could argue this was for everything. Even if code is partially missing.
Eg frontend editing for com_contact: Most of the code is already there. It would still be a new feature and thus goes rightfully into J4.

#23499 is exactly the same and was correctly not accepted for a patch release

[richard67]

Would PR's #24730 , #24736 and #24737 be new features, or are these bug fixes?