The problem here, I think, is everyone has their opinion about what it means for something to go stable, and I haven't seen more than one or two references to what has been predetermined as policy for stabilization. I think we should do a little less debating over personal opinions (which is a "hot" topic, apparently) and more about how Gentoo guidelines determine what can go stable. If the guidelines don't cover this, then they ought to be fixed.
-- Jacob "For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now — and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened." Are you ready?