In reply to Piet.

3.7.x to 3.8.x is actually an incremental update, as opposed to 3.7.x to 4.1.x, for example.

I definitely share the concerns though. Currently we tell people on support forums that automatic updates are relatively safe and only happen within minor versions. Auto-updating between major branches would cause a lot more breakage and could make people trust the updates less.

This could be addressed with better communication, we need to make sure all users with outdated installs get warned one way or the other.