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Some people likes tested and stable software. It's weird.
Don't forget that all the Arch users are doing a good part of that testing, too. Arch is a boon to Linux in general.
Out of date and stable software you mean.
Honestly, not even stable. Just arbitrarily frozen. Oftentimes with later releases having bugfixes that the user won't see for another few years.
Did you TeX 3.14159265359 ?