The main reason many of these threads reach 37 pages is that people keep asking questions that have already been answered either:

1. On the same page of the thread.
2. In the first post of the thread, which devs often update following a new release.
3. In the changelog for the application, which users should read before installing updates.

Users should be prepared to accept a degree of personal responsibility (i.e. doing a bit of basic research and submitting proper bug reports) when installing software from extras-devel/testing. Otherwise they should stick to the stable software in extras, or at least refrain from complaining when they get their fingers burnt.