Unfortunately, even for desktop software, this has shifted today: you can hardly get a security update without a feature upgrade too.

Except in cases like Debian (or Ubuntu LTS main collection, Redhat distribution...) which assumes the burden of backporting security fixes to a stable collection of software.

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pabs3 8 days ago | parent [-]

Debian has exceptions too; for eg all mainstream browsers come with feature upgrades too, even in LTS/stable.

	▲	BrenBarn 8 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Browsers are some of the worst offenders in terms of pushing pointless feature upgrades. It's ironic because the web is supposed to be this backwards-compatible thing but browsers themselves will add and remove features and change their UI for no reason.
	▲	necovek 8 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yes, I remember that discussion at Ubuntu/Debian, where they had to accept those terms in order to keep the name "Firefox" in (remember things like Iceweasel?)