No see 1.9.1 has the Configurable Swatches in it. Joking aside, they are going to release 1.9.2 soon. For Magento 1 they're still doing feature releases, and

No see 1.9.1 has the Configurable Swatches in it. Joking aside, they are going to release 1.9.2 soon. For Magento 1 they're still doing feature releases, and they do patches for everything else because store owners do not like going through the upgrade process. The only problem arises when people download fresh versions.