1) The linked debian bugs are valid for the current version as well.
2) The current maverick package suggests 'splashy' (a package that has been removed from Ubuntu) and has --enable-usplash in debian/rules, while usplash support has been removed from the package already.
3) After all, the debian version we are merging is fixing a bug tracked in BTS!
I would like to point out a few things here:
1) The linked debian bugs are valid for the current version as well.
2) The current maverick package suggests 'splashy' (a package that has been removed from Ubuntu) and has --enable-usplash in debian/rules, while usplash support has been removed from the package already.
3) After all, the debian version we are merging is fixing a bug tracked in BTS!