Alan, I think you're despairing as if we were trying to solve a larger problem than we are.
All I want is binary compatibility for 5.8.x ... a *maintenance* branch of a system where only a few people have commit authority. This should be doable. And in fact we almost did it.
One question: will your proposed change undo the security fix, the reason why the change was made in the first place? Also, I didn't really understand whey we needed yet another global variable.
-- Alan Burlison --
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