Why should one upgrade Fedora whenever a new version is released?

[Richard Vickery]

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Michael Hennebry
> <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 14 Jul 2013, lee wrote:
>>
>>> Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> Am 14.07.2013 01:25, schrieb lee:
>>>>>
>>>>> From what I've been reading, CentOS isn't upgradeable at all.  If
>>>>> that's
>>>>> true, I'm surprised you're using it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * you use it if you do not need new features over the lifecycle
>>>
>>>
>>> For which use cases can you predict that you will be fine with the same
>>> software for the next ten years?
>>
>>
>> Something about which I am ignorant:
>> Which changes require new releases and which do not.
>> Would someone be kind enough to give me
>> examples of each between F14 and F19?
>> Why were new releases required?
>
>
> Updates to an existing release follow
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy.  Libraries that require a ABI
> change generally aren't pushed as updates. Major changes such as the new
> installer,  switch to systemd init system,   major new versions of GNOME etc
> are only introduced in a new release.  The general idea is to strike to a
> balance between providing new features to end users vs not being disruptive.
>
> Rahul
>
>
> --

There are quite a few reasons to keep upgrading for me: the likes of
fedup and yum are just 2 of many examples that are not available on
the older editions.