And as I said, only one of them actually deals with 3.12 -- so as far as the other threads go, I personally would always check to make sure. If there is a concept by which it is feared the Kobo database may in some possible future require compatibility fixes to the driver, beyond version bumping, I am not messing around until I have confirmed that in this particular instance it is safe.
By all means, continue.
I will ignore them equally.