Reading the bug comment history, it seems they were saying &quot;won&#x27;t fix for 44 (too late)&quot; not &quot;won&#x27;t <i>ever</i> fix, amen!&quot;<p>But installations of 44 will be out there for who knows how long; affected add-ons would have to carry the workaround egg-corn for a long time before declaring no support for 44 and removing it.