Such changes include renaming of packages, splitting of packages, removal of packages, introduction of new packages, removal or additions to certain libraries, dependencies, defaults, etc. However, outside of these major changes, it’s really not much of a difference between updating your system a month later or six months later. More @Wikipedia
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