It is, but it's such a non issue, it's pretty safe to delete.
Right. Hadn't thought of that. Of course if you have a pack made for a specific version, you can't expect it to work properly on a previous version of Minecraft so, packs that were made for the previous versions would still work fine and would just need to be flipped for 1.8+. I guess it does cause some headaches, though, and I also wish it wasn't flipped in the first place.
Exactly. It's just an annoyance, but it does exist. I don't see why it would be that hard to fix, and it's inconsistent. So, why not report it?
Well yes I could simply flip the texture but I'd rather actually report when things are broken. It's a small issue but an issue nonetheless and can cause confusion.
Fair enough, thanks for updating. Hopefully someone sees it at some point, then.