xtemplate mission does not work with an alias

When using xtemplate, and setting "xtemplate_mission" to a value (under "Message on front page" on /admin/system/themes/xtemplate), the mission does not appear if the /admin/system "Default front page" is set to a url alias.

So, if the front page should be set to "node/view/8" for example, and there is a url alias for that node (say: "index.html"), then the mission will not show up.

The culprit code is in xtemplate.theme

  // only parse the mission block if we are on the frontpage ...
  if ($_GET["q"] == variable_get("site_frontpage", "node") && ($mission = variable_get("xtemplate_mission", "edit mission"))) {
    $xtemplate->template->assign("mission", $mission);
    $xtemplate->template->parse("header.mission");
  }

_GET["q"] does not contain the alias ("index.html"), but the original node ("node/view/8")

Of course, the workaround is easy (put the node and not the alias as the front page)

However, it is best to be consistent across the entire system, and treat the alias exactly as the original node.