exposing variants → major version; should be minor

[lue-bird]

If a package exposes variants of a type that did not expose its variants in a previous version, it will be marked as a major change, even though it doesn't remove but only add API → minor change.

SSCCE

module Data exposing (Data)
{-| -}
{-| -}
type Data
    = Data

changed to

module Data exposing (Data(..))
{-| -}
{-| -}
type Data
    = Data

then

elm diff

prints out

This is a MAJOR change.

---- N - MAJOR ----

    Changed:
      - type Data 
      + type Data  = Data

docs json output

elm make --docs=....json

previous version

{"name":"Data","comment":" \n","args":[],"cases":[]}

new version

{"name":"Data","comment":" \n","args":[],"cases":[["Data"]]}

• Elm: 0.19.1
• Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS

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