Did I break you? Reverse dependency verification
This might be unpopular, but I don&#x27;t think libraries should ever break backwards compatibility, at least not with enough regularity to require all of this.  Sure if there is a major security thing, or something outside of your control then you might have to. But if you just want to  change a function&#x27;s signature, or return value, because you think it will help &quot;clean things up&quot;  could you please just make a new function, or make it work both ways if your language allows it. I understand the desire to tear out a messy bit of code and make it beautiful, but it always leads to a bunch of headaches for little gain.