Comment 57 for bug 1246364

Dear maintainers,

Won't you please accept my patch into mainline?

It is well-tested.

It fits the project's code style perfectly.

Most importantly, it gives users a way to fix this regression without affecting default behavior.

You can see from this bug report that dozens of users have managed to find their way here, which hints that there are many more impacted users who don't know how to identify the root cause of the regression and its bug reporting system, or simply don't have the time to do so.

To underscore that point, my PPA stats show hundreds of downloads of my patched version, and even those numbers only represent a fraction of affected users (my PPA builds are only announced in this bug report).

Moreover, I regularly have people contacting me directly, asking for patched builds for the Ubuntu variants that they run. I don't want to be in the business of maintaining a fork of your project. Please just fix this problem in the mainline code.

Your users are asking for help, and we have so far been ignored for over three years. I have done all the hard work for you. All you have to do is accept the patch. It's easy. It's safe. It works.

Love,

Your users