Wait, I think I was running an old version. Seems to be resolved in the most recent release.
why not just charge a small fee for support and hire a competent and well trained support staff? Isn’t that similar to the model WP suggests for theme developers? It seems that such a plan would be massively beneficial to the entire community. Perhaps allow access to very basic issues for free, and attach the fee to more advanced issues. If WP has 10 million users and only 10% sign up for $30/year advanced support, that would provide WP epic flexibility in the support arena.