Ticket #5040 is a bug report; it is not a feature request. I reported it when VLC v1.1.10 was still the current version. The fix for it was committed a couple of days before the release of VLC v1.1.11. For some odd reason, it is still not present in VLC v1.1.12.
Can someone explain to me what's going on? Since it is a bug report, the fix should be merged into the VLC v1.1.x branch now. What must I do to get this fix included in VLC v1.1.13? Do I need to start circulating a petition around the VLC community somehow?