An application consists of its code and dependencies. If you change a dynamic dependency, then you are changing the application, and this merits a new release o

An application consists of its code and dependencies. If you change a dynamic dependency, then you are changing the application, and this merits a new release of the application and a version bump. Many shops arrived at this pattern (with bash scripts or config management) after trying a simple `apt-get upgrade` for some security patches, only to realize the application behavior changed or broke entirely. Static linking simply codifies this practice in a tighter construct, as do containers in general.