# Compatibility with previous versions of Julia: how much makes sense for a new package?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compatibility-with-previous-versions-of-julia-how-much-makes-sense-for-a-new-package/59920>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** psa\
**Created:** [April 24, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compatibility-with-previous-versions-of-julia-how-much-makes-sense-for-a-new-package/59920 "2021-04-24T08:29:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skoffer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/skoffer/32/378_2.png) [@Skoffer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Skoffer)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compatibility-with-previous-versions-of-julia-how-much-makes-sense-for-a-new-package/59920/4 "2021-04-24T09:28:41Z")

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I guess some sort of telemetry could have helped to make more knowledgeable decisions, but thanks to [Pkg.jl telemetry should be opt-in](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/pkg-jl-telemetry-should-be-opt-in/42209) we are not going to have any.

So, best course of action is to drop support and ask users to switch to a newer version of Julia (it’s generally better anyway)

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