Julia extensions break silently on dependency major bumps
Extension dependencies can silently break when a package bumps a dependency major version, because the extension relies on that dependency only indirectly.
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3 public reports · first reported 27 September 2026 · last reported 27 September 2026
What's going wrong
Julia package authors who use extensions report that an extension can stop working without warning when a package it depends on indirectly moves to a new major version of another dependency.
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