About the svn-head builds posted on inkscape.modevia.com: are these done automatically or is building manually initiated? (just out of curiosity) More seriously: the quoted time of the build is that PST, CET or...? :) (it can be important when people want to test after bugfixes)
As for debugging: the website says to run "gdb --symbols=inkscape.dbg inkscape", however this does not work for me. I use "gdb" and then in gdb I must enter: "file inkscape.exe inkscape.dbg" (note that the order in which the filenames are typed is essential). Then one must enter "run" to run the prog, etc. (I think it is most clear to explicitly write to enter "run" on the website).
And... while I am busy: http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32_inkscape_org/win32buildnotes.html needs to be updated for the current buildtool. This helps new developers tremendously.
Thanks for your efforts! Johan