Questionable Flickr publishing behaviour

I'm a long time user of Lightroom 1&2, just trying version 3. Up until now I've been using Jeffrey's Flickr upload plugin but the built in publisher is the single biggest draw for me to upgrade. There's a problem though:
I've set up a couple of smart photosets. One for my Hipstamatic shots and one for my 5* photos. When Lightroom publishes to Flickr it seems to upload the photos that occur in both sets twice, instead of uploading once and then adding them to the two sets. This behaviour is plain broken. I want one copy of the photo with one set of comments and one set of views. That single photo should be in two sets.
Am I misunderstanding something or should I submit a bug report?

Wow, that is one shocking bug reporting system. And well hidden too. I spent 15 mins clicking around the support site trying to submit a bug before eventually searching in the forum and finding the link. (Here, if anyone else needs it: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform).
Only to be told, after I'd filled out the form that:
"Due to the volume of submissions we receive, responses to inquiries are generally not possible. However, we may contact you if we need clarification on your submission."
That is not acceptable, in my opinion. I'm a paying customer and I've taken _my_ time to submit a bug report. I expect the courtesy of a reply.
Ho hum.
So this issue is Google-able I've pasted the bug report below...
******BUG******
Concise problem statement:
A photo that appears in multiple Flickr smart photosets gets uploaded multiple times.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1) Add tags "test" and "dupe" to a photo.
2) Create a Flickr smart photoset of photos having keyword "test".
3) Create a Flickr smart photoset of photos having keyword "dupe".
4) Publish both sets.
Results:
You'll have two separate photos in your photostream.
Example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikesten/4920623828/in/set-72157624790402014/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikesten/4916415118/in/set-72157624780952482/
Expected results:
The photo should be uploaded _once_ (and so get one set of comments and one count of views) but be _added_ to the photosets.
Example:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikesten/254443237/in/set-72157594302613079/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikesten/254443237/in/set-72157594314026167/

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