That is an excellent point! In fact, it is the best point.
Even in this case, however, there is often work that can be done to try and
solve the problem before the new release. In fact, this is one way we can
help the development of Trisquel 8. It may be the only way to solve the
problem in question. After all, you can get the new release and still have
the problem. If Trisquel 8 could solve every possible problem, we will never
need a Trisquel 9. Since it obviously can't solve every possible problem,
how do you know if your problem will be one of the solved problems?
Can you give links to the thread(s) you posted about this PDF problem?
Granted, there are cases where either:
1.) Every possible thing has been tried
OR
2.) It is known that a certain new package, or version of a package, will
resolve a particular problem and nothing else will help [this is the
strongest case for a quick release of Trisquel 8].
However, I'm not convinced that these cases are common enough to account for
of this 'new release mania'.
Rather than passively waiting and praying that the new release will solve the
problems for us, let's be proactive and help the project by taking a fresh
look at some of these problems and try and fix them ourselves if at all
possible.