I guess that's what you get for using a development process that includes middlemen, such as the package maintainers. The fix exists, it's been available upstream, yet people depend on a lazy package maintainer to deliver the fix.
In Windows or MacOS X anyone can fix this issue by themselves, by just visiting the developer's site and downloading the latest version. This bug clearly shows how the centralised repository system is a failure.
I guess that's what you get for using a development process that includes middlemen, such as the package maintainers. The fix exists, it's been available upstream, yet people depend on a lazy package maintainer to deliver the fix.
In Windows or MacOS X anyone can fix this issue by themselves, by just visiting the developer's site and downloading the latest version. This bug clearly shows how the centralised repository system is a failure.