Just a suggestion, if you do change your manifest before the patch, you could add a message on your main page so users know your addon is pre-patched for the update.
I'm seeing a lot of new users who aren't very addon savy and don't know to select "enable out of date addons"
this is what I put on my two addons
I'm not delusional in thinking that everyone will adopt this method or even try it. But, I'm trying to give it a fair shot before the next patch.
For me, I figure it's much easier to tell a user in my forums to just run Fast API instead of having to wait until I'm done with work and get home just to update and upload my addons.
Actually, that gives me an idea - after it's run I will show the users a dialog box and list the addons that have been updated.
I wonder if Minion would see the manifest change and replace it? I don't use Minion but I think lots of people do.
-d