"it is such shame that ..." means "it is a pity that ..." or "it would be great if ..." in this sense.
Funny. I did a search on Google:
<http://66.154.91.2/papyrus/kintyre/oldeenglish.html>
"It's a sad world when there's no one to hold you. Especially when you just need to cry, isn't it? It's such a shame when everyone goes down on their knees."
I guess there are "shame" and "shame"
End of discussion. I have code to fix and patches to send
-Vlaidmir
-- Vladimir R. Bossicard www.bossicard.com
