I believe this bug should be upgraded in importance as it can cause loss
of work.  More importantly, in my mind, are possible implications of
input synchrony issues.

If an application is not guaranteed the complete sequence of user-input
events (e.g. key-down, key-up, etc.), then I have doubts about how
honestly the (buggy) system can be used in apps that require the
guarantee.  Imagine medical, financial, server, mathematical,
scientific, or other "critical" apps.  In my opinion, only under very
specific situations should user-input be processed in probabilistic
ways, yet a more general indeterminacy is suggested by this bug.  I also
ask if security issues might arise from the (synchrony issues) of this
bug.

In short, this is not simply an annoying behavior of a user interface to
be worked around by adjusting key-repeat settings, but is perhaps the
symptom of deeper (and hidden) problems.

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Keyboard keys get stuck and repeat (Feisty, Gutsy)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/124406
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