Should it be necessary to hack Drupal like this? It just doesn't sound right that this thing that was working perfectly is now broken. What was gain from this change? I see no gains, only heartaches and sorrows. Perhaps if someone can explain to me in terms I can understand what gained was from this, I will understand better and stop resisting the forces of change ;-)
See:
http://drupal.org/node/13148#comment-69225 http://drupal.org/node/13148#comment-69231