> The changes required to successfully do this backport are many and affect critical areas. I am not in a hurry to do this. If anyone else wants to take this up quickly, please do.
Do you mean that there is a risk that the backport introduces a regression in another part of the code? If yes, I would suggest to not backport the change to *stable* branches.
People survived with bug. Do you really *have to* backport the fix?
Note: this issue is closed. If you consider to backport it, I suggest to reopen the issue.