> Well, every time there is a bug fix in one of your dependencies you/your distribution would have to recompile everything that depends on it. Which will use qu

> Well, every time there is a bug fix in one of your dependencies you/your distribution would have to recompile everything that depends on it. Which will use quite some resources. This is far for more clear cut. Often some dependency bugs, might not impact my program. Even worse, sometimes by fixing a bug my program does not care about, a dependency might break my program in some subtle way. The author of the program is the best qualified person to make the upgrade/not upgrade decision.