RFC: document compatibility properties of serialize
#41520
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For every 1.x release so far, we have kept
serialize
backwards compatible for reading. Since this has been possible for 7 releases, the time has probably come to officially promise it. While the "syntax" of the data remains readable, there are still some caveats I have tried to point out. Did I miss anything?