Let's take a look at Talad's account on BugTracker, shall we...
57 open, 52 fixed, 35 other (dupes, not bugs, etc)
He's bombarded with so many insignifigant things (like a pilar being slightly off center) that it takes quite a while to get to them. For important things like this, it's best to either pester him on IRC and/or get another less busy dev to fix it. (especially if you already have the fix)