> if there's no such features, or anything breaking compatibility > > What do you envisage being delivered in such a release, besides bug > fixes? Do we have the capacity as a project for releases dedicated to > whatever falls between those two gaps? >
All releases that don't break any compatibilities as our documented guidelines dictate (wrt. upgrades, api, cql, native protocol, etc). Even new features can be introduced without compatibility breakages (and should be as often as possible). Honouring semver does not imply more releases, to the contrary it is just that a number of those existing releases will be minor instead of major. That is, it is an opportunity cost to not recognise minor releases.
