However, the biggest issue is that almost all the bugs have a discussion thread going on, with people arguing about the design decisions and the wisdom / feasibility of enhancements / bug-fixes. That makes it really hard to judge whether or not should I even try to fix something.
But as a peripheral developer, I suppose that it is not mine to decide the design: that is up to the core. I should probably submit a patch, and then leave it up to them if they want to incorporate it or not.
The search continues.
The original post can be found here: https://anterence.blogspot.com/2010/05/ive-been-looking-at-bugs-in-ant-bug.html