Comment by switchbak
7 days ago
I remember this used to actually be the case, but that was many moons ago when you'd often wait a long time between releases. Or maybe the quality bar was lower generally, and it was just easier to raise it?
These days it seems most software just changes mostly around the margins, and doesn't necessarily get a whole lot better. Perhaps this is also a sign I'm using boring and very stable software which is mostly "done"?
The question is do you take control of your update cycle - or outsource it.
That's balancing the effort and risk of managing it yourself versus the risk and busy work generated from dependency churn.
What evergreen update policies have done is increase development velocity ( much easier to make breaking changes if you assume everyone is upto date everywhere ) - but also increases churn.