Soliciting advice re german umlauts bug in XML_Feed_Parser

Greetings, Many moons ago, this bug was reported http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=12916 against XML_Feed_Parser. A patch was uploaded, and a few weeks ago it was applied to the code base by Daniel O'Connor. However, this code still fails the tests as seen here: http://test.pear.php.net:8080/job/XML_Feed_Parser/lastBuild/testReport/junit/(root)/Regressions/test_handlesGermanUmlauts/ The best assumption I have is that the sample xml file for this test is crap because however I view that file, the target characters in the sample look "wrong"; either silly boxen or "euro, cross, ellipsis, big funky s, big funky y, small funky s, overlapping s". https://github.com/pear/XML_Feed_Parser/blob/master/tests/regressions.php#L67is the test, https://github.com/pear/XML_Feed_Parser/blob/master/samples/bug12916.xml is the sample. How valid is the assumption? Suggestions for a better fix? Thanks in advance. -M