Version history from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkscape
Version 0.48 (August 23, 2010) LaTeX export with PDF
Version 0.47 (November 24, 2009) some basic support for SVG fonts
Version 0.46 (March 24, 2008) the ability to open PDF files
Version 0.44.1 was a bugfix release.
Version 0.44 (June 24, 2006) added a Layers dialog, support for clipping and masking, improved PDF export with transparency, and performance improvements.
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Node Distro Versions Note
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C 0.44.1 EPEL too old
N 0.46 EPEL maybe
G 0.48.2 macports
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