To be backported, but will need some manual merging (diff in vlc-devel should apply pristine to 0.8.5).
Thanks to Georgi Chorbadzhiyski for the patch

subpicture_t now has a b_pausable attribute. When set to VLC_TRUE (default value is VLC_FALSE), this will keep displaying the subpicture_t when the parent input is paused. This means that subtitles should now be paused when clicking on pause. (refs #29)

It is now based on a shuffled array of items, so that next + prev takes you back to what you were playing

Afterall, ts is a plugin, and is probably as useful if not more.

You can still disable it manually...
and well, you've had six months to fix your build system.

Better fix broken code that would rely on this.

* Enable Save/Cancel. Please test heavily with already implemented stuff. There is a layout bug with simple prefs because they don't implement save yet. Also, we still have some parenting issues to fix
* Remove "advanced" stuff

* Make the interface a bit smaller

* added some buttons for apple remote controlling. Save for backporting, but needs some usability testing