:selected option is ignored for collection_select

Rails
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Is there a workaround for this issue yet? I just wasted a ton of time
trying to debug this in an AJAX form.

http://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/1037-selected-option-is-ignored-for-collection_select

Reported by YoNoSoyTu | September 12th, 2008 @ 11:07 PM | in 2.3

The :selected option in collection_select is ignored. This patch uses
the value of :selected option if it is provided, otherwise normal Rails
behaviour apply.