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SciML / ADTypes.jl

Repository for automatic differentiation backend types
https://sciml.github.io/ADTypes.jl/
MIT License
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Support older Julia versions? #47

Closed lassepe closed 5 months ago

lassepe commented 5 months ago

The main thing that stops me from adopting this package is that I don't want to force all my users to upgrade Julia 1.10. As I understand it, dropping support for older Julia versions would be considered a breaking change. I see no fundamental reason why this package would require 1.10 --- package extensions could be used in a backward compatible way.

gdalle commented 5 months ago

This was discussed in https://github.com/SciML/ADTypes.jl/pull/40#issuecomment-2055319884 and @ChrisRackauckas suggested we drop Julia versions below 1.10. On second thought, if this is a real pain point for users, I guess there is not much harm in adding back support all the way down to 1.6

gdalle commented 5 months ago

After some more discussion, older versions will not be supported, not with a v1.10 LTS around the corner

lassepe commented 5 months ago

Okay, sounds good! Also good to know that 1.10 will be the new LTS :)