If it fixed the issue _and_ we were to release another in the 1.4.x series, this ought to get backported. However I think Ales is right in not wanting to keep putting a lot of effort into 1.4.x, and insted focus in getting 1.6.0 released soon - and as good as we can make it!
Do you have either of those built from source, which could have the following patch applied:
http:// git.gpleda. org/?p= gaf.git; a=commitdiff_ plain;h= a6ec74886d5c7b2 91df6e05e8e7cb1 81452c4c22
If it fixed the issue _and_ we were to release another in the 1.4.x series, this ought to get backported. However I think Ales is right in not wanting to keep putting a lot of effort into 1.4.x, and insted focus in getting 1.6.0 released soon - and as good as we can make it!