As shown here, the minecart will not pick up the item. This bug was created with the addition of the 14w11b and was in every snapshot since. The bug does not exist in 1.7.10 however. Thanks for all the hardwork Mojang and others!
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Please do not mark unreleased versions (anything starting with "Future Version") as affected. You don't have access to them yet.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it's a bug!
I am hoping it is, but don't know. If DB or Jeb see this, I guess they will decide.
Please do not mark unreleased versions (anything starting with "Future Version") as affected. You don't have access to them yet.
Very sorry! Thought it meant snapshots as in not officially released.
Is duplicated by MC-53568
Confirmed in my 1.8 snapshot test world.
This bug / change in game rules breaks the most common hopper mine-cart mob-drop collection system in survival. For such systems to be at all reliable 1 high slimes / magma cubes must be prevented from spawning on the tracks. Tracks can not be placed on transparent blocks, and if transparent blocks are placed above the tracks, 1 high slimes and magma cubes still spawn, get stuck and completely foul the system. The conventional solution has been to place solid blocks above the tracks with two snow layers on the solid blocks. This had the affect of suppressing spawning at both track level and in the item drop zone while still allowing the items to be picked up by hopper mine-cart.
Tell me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it's a bug!