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maybe commit to a log indicating that the test suite has run correctly as of <today's date>?this assumes you have a useful test suite but also at least indicates that you're still paying attention & trying to ensure your library works

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quid custos ipsos custodiet still applies. The fact that your test suite ran in Esolang v27.8 successfully doesn't mean what you-the-consumer want it to mean if the last supported version of Esolang is v96.2. It just means someone down-stack of you is committed to backwards compatibility.

That future version won’t be on the supported versions list anyway.

I think this varies by project.

I personally support every version of my projects.

My goal is not to minimize the effort to myself but to facilitate the use of my software.

I meant the new version of Esolang, v96.2, wouldn’t be explicitly supported by your project.

Ah, also a good point.

Great idea!

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