In reply to Hugh Lashbrooke.

@Hugh,

Actually, the moral of the story has yet to be seen. And your "right channels" for non-developers like me exist only for us to give feedback on things you've already decided to implement.

In other words, you don't have anywhere that I can say "Please -- just stop!" and have that receive anything more than short shrift. Yet respect works both ways, you know.

And, in case anyone is wondering what I'd like to stop, it's this. Please stop bundling additional functionality with security improvements and patches.

Since I am not a developer, I don't want to be fiddling with my sites all the time. If there's a security problem, then sure, of course I'll install the patch. But I don't want some new functionality added to the patch, because then I have to test for breakages.

At some times of year, it's absolutely critical that nothing breaks. Currently, core updates often leave me choosing between not updating and remaining open to what is now a well-known security vulnerability, or updating and risk something breaking.

That's a disrespectful position to put me in.