> And there are no cases where you actually want a new feature? Sure there are, sometimes! But at the same time, in other situations stability and predictabili

> And there are no cases where you actually want a new feature? Sure there are, sometimes! But at the same time, in other situations stability and predictability would take precedence over anything else, e.g. any new features that might get released probably wouldn't matter too much for a given use case. For example, I could take a new install of MariaDB that has come out recently and use it for the same project for 5 years with no issues, because the current feature set would be enough for the majority of use cases. Of course, that's not entirely realistic, because of the aforementioned security situation. Applies the same to OS and/or kernel versions, like how you could take a particular version of RHEL or Ubuntu LTS and use it for the lifespan of some project, although in that case you do at least get security updates and such.