Bugfix for 'Tabs in whitespace' fatal errors? (no replies)

Almost a year ago a bug was reported (and verified) that makes the Connector choke on tabs used in whitespace of any parametrised query:

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=78760

Any version beyond 6.9.5 is therefore unusable; still no fix in 6.9.9 (or 7 so far).

Could anyone from MySql comment on whether/when a fix for this bug is scheduled?