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Originally Posted by Frogm4n
Just FWIW, it's pretty common in software to have multiple concurrent branches for different versions. Always have to take that into consideration when looking at updates. Amazon still rolls out updates for Fire OS 5 despite the current release being Fire OS 8, for example.
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The way kobo did this is part of what broke a bunch of my automation. They now have what's effectively branches on 4.38.x, 4.39+.x, and 5.x.x. This breaks kfwproxy's latest version notification as I can no longer keep track statelessly, it breaks NickelMenu's automated symbol checks (since the order of versions or even build numbers no longer has any real meaning), it breaks a bunch of my personal automation for firmware updates, and more. It doesn't help that the branches aren't ABI-compatible, that some are qt6, and that I don't have any devices capable of testing anything other than 4.38.x (which means I either have to do everything statically, or I have to put in the time and effort to backport or emulate the newer branches -- which is possible, but yet another hurdle to overcome before I can get to the fun stuff).