# Versioning / Version Sprawl

> "versioning" (contracts-core layer) is traded against "Version Sprawl" (contracts-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Version Sprawl" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:version-sprawl-versioning`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-version-sprawl-versioning

## tensions-with

- [Versioning](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/versioning.md)
- [Version Sprawl](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/version-sprawl.md)