gnome-terminal resized on focus out

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 GNOME 3.6

gnome-terminal-3.6.0-95.2.x86_64
mutter-3.6.0-112.2.x86_64
gnome-shell-3.6.0-141.2.x86_64

If I open a gnome-terminal, open another tab, and resize the window - as
soon as I focus out it snaps back to its previous size.... this is
rather frustrating.  Is it a bug or a feature?  Is there any remediation
for that behavior?