Android :: XML Layout's Include Tag Really Work?

I am unable to override attributes when using <include> in my Android layout files. When I searched for bugs, I found Declined Issue 2863: "include tag is broken (overriding layout params never works)"

Since Romain indicates this works in the test suites and his examples, I must be doing something wrong.

My project is organized like this:

CODE:..............

The buttons.xml contains something like this:

CODE:.............

And the portrait and landscape receipt.xml files look something like:

CODE:..................