No, the problem is not that I haven't read the page. I have. It can cause segfaults. Your configuration can cause segfaults. Your configuration can cause segfaults. Your configuration can cause segfaults.
And yes, I acknowledged that they can't remove it because it's too late, using those exact words. That doesn't mean it's not a problem. It means you should jump ship to something saner, like lighttpd, which also doesn't have the rewrite-sometimes-redirects problem.