Patches sent upstream (the first two are for point 6 in my previous comment; the third is for point 5):
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/plymouth/2010-April/000350.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/plymouth/2010-April/000351.html http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/plymouth/2010-April/000352.html
Patches sent upstream (the first two are for point 6 in my previous comment; the third is for point 5):
http:// lists.freedeskt op.org/ archives/ plymouth/ 2010-April/ 000350. html lists.freedeskt op.org/ archives/ plymouth/ 2010-April/ 000351. html lists.freedeskt op.org/ archives/ plymouth/ 2010-April/ 000352. html
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