I wish to ask for help by 2-3 community members who understand code, to review the change and confirm it is OK with them (and write on this forum thread). The security fix is the only change.
On it.
Ubuntu 16.04 build works as advertised. Code changes look very reasonable. Node has been running for six hours.
Validated GUI Wallet
https://github.com/vaklinov/zero-swing-wallet-uiTwo transactions to the dev tip jar address: t1UDhNq2aEqvxEbPzcRM8n2QJV8YJ664rXJ
You should try it too

I say, ship it.
Tearo