While granting that libyear is clear in what is measures, I still think it measures the wrong thing. What should we be measuring?
I have some ideas for my projects, but I don't have the answer for your project.
Semantic versioning ain't the only game in town for sure, and I'm not anchoring on it as the best or only way.
But I will say this: when one has figured out what is important to measure, build metrics for that. You almost certainly will need to factor in supply chain security. And probably some metrics for recency about the hardware platforms you deploy to. This could look like a weighted score, perhaps. But it is unreasonable to hope that libyear or semver to do that for you.
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While granting that libyear is clear in what is measures, I still think it measures the wrong thing. What should we be measuring?
I have some ideas for my projects, but I don't have the answer for your project.
Semantic versioning ain't the only game in town for sure, and I'm not anchoring on it as the best or only way.
But I will say this: when one has figured out what is important to measure, build metrics for that. You almost certainly will need to factor in supply chain security. And probably some metrics for recency about the hardware platforms you deploy to. This could look like a weighted score, perhaps. But it is unreasonable to hope that libyear or semver to do that for you.