For most things in life that hit us periodically, we try to buffer them into manageable amounts so that when we address them, we do them all at once, benefiting from “economy of scale”, instead of having to constantly work on addressing everything that comes our way immediately. With package updates, however, another consideration is security: the longer you wait to release a security update, the more users may be vulnerable to it.

There’s no right answer. Every case is different, trying to impose a single rule for everyone just simplifies things beyond what is reasonable.