IMHO, this can be solved quiote simply: Create patch level releases.
I believe currently, releases are few and far between because they only get done whenever the major and minor version numbers get bumped. If Hugo were to bump patch numbers, then releases could happen more frequently, without compromising on the principles that have applied thus far for the minor version number releases.
This would:
- Address the problem of infrequent releases
- Allow users who simply want to use the built binary to be more up to date (users who do not want to install git or golang and build from source)
- Have a more human readable way to pinpoint regressions - git commit hashes vs version numbers