Drag and drop not working again in Thunderbird

Several weeks back Thunderbird broke (drag-n-drop stopped working) due to some gtk2 related issues.
The problem was very quickly resolved by a patch to gtk2. Today I noticed that the problem has reappeared.
I'm not sure what is the source of the problem, though, because I have been running updates for the past few days but it is definitely back.
I have two systems and both have the same problem as of yesterday... or at least I noticed it yesterday.
Can any one else confirm the problem?
R

JGC,
Easy my friend! I do not "insist" on anything.
Matter of fact I did not even know that there was a problem with the "official" version of FF.
I started using the release of FF/THB back in my days of Slackware and got used to download the software and add it to my distro... and so I did with Arch.
In the past it has never been an issue, so I figured it may be something else (like libraries or the like) because the problem got solved after an update of gtk2 a few weeks back.
Please, do not feel defensive about comments placed in these forums. I understand (I'm a software developer too), it gets to you when all the comments you get seem "negative" or "sound like criticism" but I do have a great deal of respect for the contributions and efforts of all developers. My post was not intended to offend but rather to search for an answer/idea as to how I could approach the problem.
Thanks for your answer.
R

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