Comment 5 for bug 917085

> This is very promising, I'm eager to see it stable.

The release date for the next major version is not yet known. If interested, you can test (unstable) development builds for windows:
On Inkscape's download page
 <http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en>
click the link for the precompiled Windows packages to
 <http://www.oss-marketplace.com/index.php/downloads-mainmenu-63/Inkscape/Entwicklerversionen/>
There follow the link 'aktuellste Version' to the SkyDrive folder with the latest builds (7z archives).