is anyone ever going to fix this major bug?

[Brendan Miller]

This bug more or less makes apt-get unusable on 64 bit systems and has
been in for a long time now:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/402833

On a side note, I have no idea how to bring bugs to the attention of
developers, or if it is even possible, as this bug has sat in the
bugtracker without being even triaged for months. If no one actually
uses the bug tracker, maybe take it down so people don't waste their
time reporting bugs...