[Needs-packaging] Inkscape need to be updated to 0.47 final in Karmic

Bug Description

Binary package hint: inkscape

Inkscape 0.47 as been released in a final version on November 24th, fixing a lot a bug for professional graphic work (including PDF fixes).
Do not let in place an RC version, just like you did for Firefox 3.5 in Hardy. Getdeb is not the solution either.

It's about releasing stable-quality software for professional user on Ubuntu OS.

Gimp should be upgraded from 2.6.7 to 2.6.8 as well, but it's less critical.

Thanks for your great work.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Dec 18 11:49:47 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.3)
Package: inkscape 0.47~pre4-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: inkscape
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
(xfce4-mixer-plugin:1424): libxfce4mixer-CRITICAL **: xfce_mixer_get_track: assertion `GST_IS_MIXER (card)' failed
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1429): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

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This bug was fixed in the package inkscape - 0.47.0-1ubuntu1

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inkscape (0.47.0-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

* Merge with Debian testing (LP: #498150). Remaining changes:
- debian/control:
- promote python-lxml, python-numpy, python-uniconvertor to Recommends.
- demote pstoedit to Suggests (universe package).
- drop libssl-dev, no longer needed (Debian bug 484527).
- debian/rules:
- Handle parallel builds via -j (Debian bug 562226).
- Run intltool-update on build (Ubuntu-specific).
- Add translation domain to .desktop files (Ubuntu-specific).
- debian/watch:
- Correctly handle "pre" versions (Debian bug 562225).
* 50-poppler-API.patch, debian/control: poppler 0.12.2 changed the
GfxColorSpace API (LP: #487038).

inkscape (0.47.0-1) unstable; urgency=low

* Imported Upstream version 0.47
* This is upstream version 0.47, I added the .0 because
I forget the ~ in the -pre versions.
* add proper Vcs-fields to debian/control
* upload sponsored by Guido Guenther <email address hidden>

inkscape (0.47pre4-1) unstable; urgency=low

* Imported Upstream version 0.47pre4
* upload sponsored by Guido Guenther <email address hidden>

inkscape (0.47pre2-2) unstable; urgency=low

* fix installation of usr/share/application-
registry/inkscape.applications
* upload sponsored by Guido Guenther <email address hidden>

inkscape (0.47pre2-1) unstable; urgency=low

* new upstream release (closes: #532277)
Improvements and new features include:
- code cleanups and refractoring
- autosave feature, configurable via Inkscape preferences
- new and enhanced tools, extensions and filters
- new path effects
- enhanced import and export features
- improved svg support
- many other improvements and new features. For a better and more
comprehensive decription of enhancements see the online release notes at
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.47
* remove 04-only-use-valid-font-families-in-text-tool.dpatch
since there is a better fix in the code now (closes: #496784)
* remove other patches which are no longer needed:
- 01_mips.dpatch
- 02-poppler-0.8.3.dpatch
- 03-chinese-inkscape.dpatch
- 05_fix_latex_patch.dpatch
- 06_gcc-4.4.dpatch
- 07_cdr2svg.dpatch
- 08_skip-bad-utf-on-pdf-import.dpatch
- 09_gtk-clist.dpatch
- 10_belarussian.dpatch
- 12_desktop.dpatch
fix patch permissions in clean target
* upload sponsored by Guido Guenther <email address hidden>
* build-depend on libgsl0-dev
* small adations to debian/rules
-- Kees Cook <email address hidden> 2009年12月23日 15:38:43 -0800

I only saw that this was still open in Karmic a week ago. Unfortunately, I think it's too late to do anything. Karmic will reach end-of-life on 30 April 2011, which does not really give us enough time to backport Inkscape 0.47.