I would argue that it might be difficult to distinguish work needed to find out if it was
i686 specific when there already is similar bug on x86_64. Also, it's difficult to
rate bug importance for most users. As I've already said that I was completely
satisfied with the status quo and it was a big surprise for me to discover that I just
won't be able to upgrade to the next version. Also, this discovery was purely
accidental because there is no announcements anywhere I could see.
Anyway, I would be prepared to fix things myself if such possibility was given to me. But
alas there is no choice now.