Hi Don,
you wrote: "You have a personal habit of breaking stuff in core and others have had to spend time fixing it in the past ..."
I supposed it could be viewed that way. I have mistakenly broken core functionality from inadvertently breaking package.info XML standards so the core couldn't read it --twice.
Yet, to my defense, I've also taken initiative to help fix things that were inadvertently broken by code improvements from others, digging in where I had little understanding. The outcomes were positive, even if my own net contribution was only in helping others to see the problem and motivating them to fix it.
I will TIP all core changes, including the one in dispute. Sorry for the confusion on removing the code.. I'm working on it..
