🔄 Version Compatibility & Support Lifecycle

This page documents the version compatibility matrix, forward-compatibility design rules, and dependency management policies for Agrarian Reform.

📌 Repository Source Disclaimer: The documentation in this Wiki reflects the current source code state in the repository, which may include recent unreleased commits or developmental features ahead of public release builds on CurseForge and Modrinth.

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📊 Minecraft Version Compatibility Matrix

Minecraft Version	Mod Build	Status	Java Target	Fabric Loader	Dependency Constraint
Minecraft 26.3	2.2.18+26.3	Active Mainline (Snapshot 6+)	Java 25	>=0.16.9	"minecraft": ">=26.3-"
Minecraft 26.2	2.2.18+26.2	Active Mainline (Stable)	Java 25	>=0.16.9	"minecraft": ">=26.2-"
Minecraft 26.1.2	1.2.7+R-26.1.2	Deprecated / Archived	Java 25	>=0.15.0	"minecraft": ">=26.1.2"

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🛡️ 1 Jar 1 Version & Open-Ended Bounds

Agrarian Reform strictly follows the 1 Jar 1 Version Law and Forward Compatibility Mandate:

1. Dedicated Target Build: Each compiled JAR is specifically built, tested, and archived for a targeted Minecraft release (e.g. agrarian-reform-2.2.18+26.2.jar and agrarian-reform-2.2.18+26.3.jar).
2. Open-Ended Lower Bound: In fabric.mod.json, the Minecraft dependency is specified with open bounds:

   "minecraft": ">=26.2-"

   and for 26.3:

   "minecraft": ">=26.3-"

   This prevents Fabric Loader pre-release locks when playing on minor point releases or future patch updates while maintaining strict compilation safety.
3. Mod Dependency Wildcards: Dependencies like fabric-api and dasik-library use open-ended lower bounds or wildcards ("dasik-library": "*") to avoid false version lock crashes when libraries increment patch versions.

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🔄 Modern Architecture & SavedData Codecs

• Annual Drop Versioning: Minecraft shifted in 2026 to the Annual Drop system (Year.Drop.Patch). Version 26.2 and 26.3 represent the modern active drops.
• Non-Obfuscated Era: 26.x codebases operate strictly on non-obfuscated Mojang mappings. Legacy Yarn mapping terms (world, getWorld, WorldSettings) are completely obsolete and banned.
• SavedData Modernization: Persistent world state uses Mojang SavedDataType records with explicit Codecs rather than old NBT compound methods:

  public static final SavedDataType<ContinuumData> TYPE = new SavedDataType<>(
      Identifier.fromNamespaceAndPath("agrarian_reform", "continuum"),
      ContinuumData::create,
      Codec.unboundedMap(Codec.STRING, Codec.LONG).xmap(
          map -> {
              ContinuumData data = new ContinuumData();
              map.forEach((k, v) -> data.timestamps.put(Long.parseLong(k), v));
              return data;
          },
          data -> {
              Map<String, Long> map = new HashMap<>();
              data.timestamps.forEach((k, v) -> map.put(k.toString(), v));
              return map;
          }
      ),
      DataFixTypes.SAVED_DATA_MAP_DATA
  );

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See also: MC 26.2 & 26.3 Guide and API & Addon Integration.