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Open the property sheet on some folder. It has a sort order property. One of the entries is "By Name (Packages First)". Maybe change Packages->Folders - "Packages" is only meaningful to a java ide, and doesn't make much sense in the platform.
I will never fix it in future, IMHO we can pass by this.
Hrm, it would be simple enough to make the modified string part of IDE branding...