bug#16378: bugs #16694/#16378: Patches

[Matthias Dahl]

Hello @all.

It's been almost two weeks since I sent the patches with absolute and
rather discouraging silence in-between. :-) So I quickly wanted to ask
if there is any feedback (whether good or very bad) or something that
needs improving? And if there is a chance of getting those fixes applied
to the tree?

Thanks in advance,
Matthias