I don't think it violates SEMVER.
> It MAY also include minor and patch level changes.
I ultimately understand this as "I can release a patch as a major if I feel like it"
> It MAY also include minor and patch level changes.
I ultimately understand this as "I can release a patch as a major if I feel like it"
I understood that to mean you don’t have to break updates into their major, minor, and patch changes. Like if you’re at 7.88.2, you don’t have to put all your patches into update 7.88.3, then ten minutes later release 7.89.0 with your minor changes, and then ten minutes after that release 8.0.0 with just the major breaking changes. You can instead bundle them all as 8.0.0 because a major change can contain minor changes and patches, and besides it’s far more convenient to not have to break apart the update.
I do appreciate the logic of your understanding, that “breaking change therefore major version bump” does not imply “major version bump therefore breaking change”.