> FWIW, with regard to Martin's tangential comment about appropriate  
> use of the tracker, I'm personally fine with using the tracker for  
> 'I found this problem, attempted to fix it (but failed), here's my  
> attempt'.

I don't mind that at all, either. What I dislike is "I have this issue,
here is what I've got, and I will continue to work on it" kind of reports
(when Dave clearly said that his patch is work-in-progress). There is a
worse kind, where people say "I have this issue", followed (after 15 minutes)
with "I found out more", and then going on with that for a while. I feel
that this wastes the reader's time (who may actually start to work on the
issue as well, duplicating efforts) - this is something that submitters
really need to consider. It's not this bad in this issue, since Dave said
from the beginning that it is work-in-progress.

On-topic: what action do you suggest for this issue?