Comment 27 for bug 170225

Here is a workaround that has been working for me for a while (maybe 3y or more). After adding an image, right click on it, select "Image Properties". Manually edit "URL" to be a relative path. Save and the resulting svg will have the relative path (and it should not get changed back to absolute).

Or, use a text editor and make the same change directly to the xlink:href elements in the affected image(s).

Both of these are annoying and afaik undocumented, so it will still be nice to see this finally get fixed.