USPS Jan. 17 changes - patch planned?

[robfico]

Are there any plans for an official patch for Magento 1.x stores to address the upcoming changes by USPS to be rolled out on January 17th, 2016? Just seeing what the options are currently. Thanks.

[robfico]

I see Magento just published a blog post about this:
https://magento.com/blog/magento-news/usps-updates-coming-january-17