Latest upstream release: 0.48.2 Current version in Fedora Rawhide: 0.48.1 URL: http://www.inkscape.org/ Please consult the package updates policy before you issue an update to a stable branch: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy More information about the service that created this bug can be found at: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upstream_release_monitoring
I think this can be closed as fixed in next release. Inkscape 0.48.2 has already been in Fedora 17 repos since Nov/2011. I opened bug #812620 to request inkscape 0.48.3 (released Feb/2012) to be included in Fedora 17.