you can use the iced master branch at any time to take advantage of the latest features.
besides, new releases have nothing to do with fixing your specific issues.
and the pop os fork has historically rebased to the latest upstream release so not sure why you think it's independent
You do not know their specific issues, their wording isn’t stating what you seem to think.
The master branch approach isn’t always ideal and people prefer having actual releases to base their work on. Not having a set release cadence and it more or less being on the whims of the one maintainer doesn’t exactly inspire the same level of trust you get from Dioxus/etc.