I saw developers introducing breaking changes, then finding projects depending on them and submitting patches. So they really have good intentions and spend more their volunteer open source energy than necessary. And when the other project can not review and merge their patch (no maintainers) they get disappointed.
So please, just keep the old function name. It will be cheaper for you and for everyone.
So please, just keep the old function name. It will be cheaper for you and for everyone.