Comment 15 for bug 179988

It would seem to me that the popularity of Inkscape as a cross-platform tool somewhat hinges on the ability for the software to be used uncrippled on Windows. My uneducated guess would be that a 0.46 release with an asterisk next to the Windows download that says, "This software crashes when you attempt to print." would not benefit the project. I would imagine that some Windows users would gladly trade some of the newer, more obscure features for basic functionality. Is it possible to add a bounty to this bug to get it squashed?

I understand if you feel as though you've been put on the defensive, but tone of your response could be interpreted as that of someone who is apparently putting the burden of solving the problem on the people that were kind enough to identify it. Perhaps I was mistaken when I assumed that our work with this software is analogous to beta-testing commercial software, and that my role ends and you pick up when I report the problem and state, with much hope and optimism, "This is going to be a fantastic piece of software when it's released, I just hope this one nagging issue is resolved."