Yes, you are correct that bug fix release cycle and feature release cycle are different. If I felt that the majority of criticisms and comments were about bugs, I wouldn't have felt compelled to respond in this way. Perhaps I've misjudged that.

I will admit that the bug list is extremely disheartening. I have personally never come across them in the wild, but I don't doubt that when they do come up they are a horrible roadblock and the burgeoning set of community tools to work around this is telling.