Semantic versioning <i>is</i> taking versions seriously. Far more seriously than arbitrary version numbering does, anyway.<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong, I do understand your frustration. But &quot;previous increments actually meant something, so when it now no longer does&quot; is just totally incorrect. Previous increments were an attempt at bundling together a series of unrelated changes into a &#x27;thing&#x27;. What that &#x27;thing&#x27; is varied wildly between organizations and products. Semantic version increments are breaking changes, pure and simple.