[HN Gopher] Apple pushes breaking Foundation change in iOS 18 wi...
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       Apple pushes breaking Foundation change in iOS 18 without tying to
       SDK version
        
       Author : rockbruno
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2024-09-11 17:57 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | tedunangst wrote:
       | The only thing that makes people angrier than Apple ignoring bugs
       | is Apple fixing bugs.
        
         | YawningAngel wrote:
         | At some point bugs become expected behaviour
        
           | toyg wrote:
           | Obligatory xkcd https://xkcd.com/1172/
        
         | 0cf8612b2e1e wrote:
         | Sounds like the issue is they corrected the bug without
         | documenting the breaking change and did it with minimal notice.
         | Worse yet is that the API change will impact all software
         | running on the host. So even if your distributed program works
         | today, it will subtlety break when the user upgrades their host
         | OS.
        
           | syspec wrote:
           | Well to be fair it is a developer beta
        
             | layer8 wrote:
             | IOS 18 is at RC now and is scheduled to be released on
             | Monday. Existing apps affected by this behavior change will
             | break or misbehave when users update their devices to iOS
             | 18 next week.
        
         | paxys wrote:
         | If a bug has been shipped to production and people are
         | depending on it, it isn't a bug but a feature. If you then
         | "fix" it without notice, it is a breaking change. This is all
         | software/platform development 101.
        
           | robertlagrant wrote:
           | Just like the coders who rely on electric shocks[0]!
           | 
           | [0] https://programmerhumor.io/programming-
           | memes/stackoverflow-h...
        
           | cruano wrote:
           | Since when is a beta version of something "production"?
        
             | paxys wrote:
             | The bug was _fixed_ in the beta. It has been on iOS for
             | many production versions.
        
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