Comment 10 for bug 474956

Quoted from the Debian report...

Yes, I'm okay with those two issues being merged. Just add "embedded and (possibly) linked bitmaps" to the list of broken things that need fixing.

If a total rewrite is on the cards, might I observe the following opportunity:

If the new filter can be based around UNO ( http://xml.openoffice.org/filter/#2.TheInnardsofanOpenOffice.orgFilterComponent%7Coutline ), you may very well end up with an import SVG/export ODG filter that both projects can utilise.