I would vote and argue for this feature being in 4.7.1. This bug is short of being a critical, show-stopper, so shouldn't go into 4.7, but it is a major problem for admins, and has been for a long time.
If it's been so long, they won't mind waiting further. Let's make sure to fix it right in 4.8, and not force it into a release paradigm where it has no place. It's not a bug, as Drupal is functioning exactly as it has been coded and intended. Thus, it is a feature, and does not belong in a minor point release. -- Morbus Iff ( you are nothing without your robot car, NOTHING! ) Culture: http://www.disobey.com/ and http://www.gamegrene.com/ O'Reilly Author, Weblog, Cook: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779 icq: 2927491 / aim: akaMorbus / yahoo: morbus_iff / jabber.org: morbus