Funny that you don't trust CSSU, but do trust three other people (Leto, Titan, and Pali), only one of which is still active here, with changing your kernel. I'll note that in CSSU you have people testing things submitted, in a separate release, before it ever makes it to a stable branch. KP has some internal testing on it's thread, but often changes go out that are not the most stable things in the world. (This coming from someone following that and participating in it.)

The truth is that there are lots of bugs in the official software, one look at the bug tracker will confirm that. Search for WONTFIX and lots of them are real and vital bugs, many now fixed in KP and CSSU. Maemo/Nokia did a good job in providing a relatively stable base (esp compared to things like OpenMoko), but it's not perfect, nor is CSSU. But realistically, there will not be a PR1.4, ever. The only path for bug fixes these days are to roll your own or move up to CSSU.