1.7.1 + patch => failures

Hi, I'm getting the following failures (Ubuntu Hardy Heron, 1-7-1 trunk, java6): testRedirector13Failure unexpected log content expected:<...ec/exec.xml ERROR!!![]/home/kev/workspace/...> but was:<...ec/exec.xml ERROR!!![error at LeadPipeInputStream.read(): Pipe broken]/home/kev/workspace

bug #27178 - patch uploaded ...

Hi, About a month ago I uploaded a patch into the bug database ( https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27178) and was wondering what the next steps are to getting it accepted/actioned. Regards, Mike Davis