You probably have realized that the obvious solution to breakage is:

1. To have two branches: stable and experimental

2. Backport serious bugfixes to stable, but not "bug is a feature" bugs.

3. Provide an upgrade tool when a new stable branch is created (meaning: a new stable branch is not created until the source-code upgrade tool is ready)

4. Create a planned release scheduled for stable branch (say 18-24 months)

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