missing svgalib support in mplayer

Binary package hint: mplayer

Just to show the version and video output support, I'm pasting the results of "mplayer -vo help"...
I am currently running the x86 (server) version of 7.10

MPlayer 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu13 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ (Family: 15, Model: 35, Stepping: 2)
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Available video output drivers:
        xmga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay in X11 window (using /dev/mga_vid)
        mga Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay (/dev/mga_vid)
        tdfxfb 3Dfx Banshee/Voodoo3/Voodoo5
        3dfx 3dfx (/dev/3dfx)
        xv X11/Xv
        x11 X11 ( XImage/Shm )
        xover General X11 driver for overlay capable video output drivers
        gl X11 (OpenGL)
        gl2 X11 (OpenGL) - multiple textures version
        dga DGA ( Direct Graphic Access V2.0 )
        sdl SDL YUV/RGB/BGR renderer (SDL v1.1.7+ only!)
        ggi General Graphics Interface (GGI) output
        fbdev Framebuffer Device
        fbdev2 Framebuffer Device
        aa AAlib
        caca libcaca
        dxr3 DXR3/H+ video out
        xvidix X11 (VIDIX)
        cvidix console VIDIX
        null Null video output
        xvmc XVideo Motion Compensation
        mpegpes Mpeg-PES to DVB card
        yuv4mpeg yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
        png PNG file
        jpeg JPEG file
        gif89a animated GIF output
        tga Targa output
        pnm PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
        md5sum md5sum of each frame

Under feisty, I had subsequently installed the svga libraries (on the off chance that some kind of missing
dependency was the reason that it was not listed) to no avail.

While I assume this will be filed as a wishlist item, it seems that it should carry a bit more weight than that.
I'm not saying this just because it's my pet bug or anything, rather, this has been an issue since (at least) feisty
and more importantly, the package description specifically lists it as an output option.

Was there a specific reason that svgalib output was excluded?