It turns out that patch releases aren't an issue as far as WP.org validation and the banners that display, so we don't need to validate against patch (x.x.0) releases, we just need to validate minor (x.0) releases.
However, I do like the idea of keeping current functionality as an option. So:
It turns out that patch releases aren't an issue as far as WP.org validation and the banners that display, so we don't need to validate against patch (
x.x.0) releases, we just need to validate minor (x.0) releases.However, I do like the idea of keeping current functionality as an option. So:
x.0) point releasesx.x.0vs minorx.0), defaulting to minor.