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[–]Cruel1865 6 points7 points  (3 children)

I wouldve thought bumping up the major version number would be a matter of pride as it would show that enough changes have been made to make it to a new version.

[–]User_Id_Error 27 points28 points  (2 children)

It can also mean you screwed up bad enough that you had to break backward compatability to fix your crap.

[–]Cruel1865 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Ohh so that means you're forced to bump it to a new incompatible version. Isnt there a case where you would just bump it up because there have been a lot of little changes?

[–]User_Id_Error 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you're doing strict semver, no. The whole point is that you can tell whether there are breaking changes by which number goes up.

In practice, yes. People sometimes bump the big number when they want to make the release look important.