In reply to Jeff Chandler.

@Jeff,

Who said that I didn't want core to put out security updates? I certainly didn't.

I did say that I don't appreciate them being bundled with functionality additions.

However, ultimately it’s your responsibility to ensure that nothing will break and you do the appropriate amount of testing to make sure the upgrade goes as smooth as possible.

I know. That's why I do precisely that. But it's an odd position to put a non-developer in when WP is supposedly about democratizing publishing. I could publish much more if I weren't compelled to test and fiddle. But apparently, I either need to work out a developer-like testing schedule, or else pay a developer to test everything before updating.

As for things not breaking on a WP upgrade, that really depends, I suspect, on how complex the site is. On a simple blog, breakages are probably few. On more complex sites, though, my experience is that that is just not true at all.