Package: inkscape
Version: 0.45.1-1
Severity: normal

Using the File->SaveAs  option on a 315k SVG file that imports
250k of PNG bitmaps results in a 151 MEGABYTE PDF file.

The document is an A0 poster, but only a small fraction is covered
by the bitmapped images.   Most of it is lines, polygons, circles
and text.  I think some transparency is used, somewhere.

The generated PDF has tens of thousands of lines of
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
with some interspersed stuff.   Presumably, it is a bitmapped
image stored in hex.   Isn't there a better way?

49 0 obj
<< /Type /XObject
    /Subtype /Image
    /Width 2295
    /Height 1350
    /ColorSpace /DeviceGray
    /BitsPerComponent 8
    /Length 50 0 R
    /Filter /ASCIIHexDecode
>>
stream
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE9E9E90000000000000000000000003A5516
405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19
405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19405D19
405D19415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17
415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17415C17


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Versions of packages inkscape depends on:
ii  libatk1.0-0             1.18.0-2         The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libc6                   2.6-2            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2               1.4.10-1         The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libcairomm-1.0-1        1.4.2-1          C++ wrappers for Cairo (shared lib
ii  libfontconfig1          2.4.2-1.2        generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6            2.3.5-1+b1       FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgc1c2                1:6.8-1          conservative garbage collector for
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.2-20070712-1 GCC support library
ii  libgconf2-4             2.18.0.1-3       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0            2.12.13-1        The GLib library of C routines
ii  libglibmm-2.4-1c2a      2.12.10-0.1      C++ wrapper for the GLib toolkit (
ii  libgnomevfs2-0          1:2.18.1-2       GNOME Virtual File System (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0             2.10.13-1        The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a       1:2.10.10-0.2    C++ wrappers for GTK+ 2.4 (shared 
ii  liblcms1                1.16-6           Color management library
ii  liborbit2               1:2.14.7-0.1     libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0           1.16.4-1         Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0              1.2.15~beta5-2   PNG library - runtime
ii  libpopt0                1.10-3           lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsigc++-2.0-0c2a      2.0.17-2         type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii  libssl0.9.8             0.9.8e-5         SSL shared libraries
ii  libstdc++6              4.2-20070712-1   The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libx11-6                2:1.0.3-7        X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1             1:1.1.8-2        X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                1:1.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3              1:4.0.3-2        X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxft2                 2.1.12-2         FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxi6                  2:1.1.1-1        X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1            1:1.0.2-1        X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                 2.6.29.dfsg-1    GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2              2:1.2.1-1        X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1             1:0.9.2-1        X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  libxslt1.1              1.1.21-1         XSLT processing library - runtime 
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-5 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages inkscape recommends:
ii  imagemagick            7:6.2.4.5.dfsg1-1 Image manipulation programs
pn  libwmf-bin             <none>            (no description available)
pn  perlmagick             <none>            (no description available)
ii  pstoedit               3.44-2            PostScript and PDF files to editab

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