I can see a TODO from 1999 that could be fixed now. There couldn't have been a plan to fix it back then. I don't run Linux myself, I'm not going to bother look

I can see a TODO from 1999 that could be fixed now. There couldn't have been a plan to fix it back then. I don't run Linux myself, I'm not going to bother looking through some bug tracking system. If someone had deleted the TODO then I think I would be less likely to contact the original author.