[Inkscape-devel] apply transformation

I remember that back at the split from sodipodi there was a menu item "apply transformation". This never really worked, but it would be great to have it because the librsvg can't really handle objects with gradients that have a transformation, so far. I'm not sure, how it would handle rotated rectangles, though, since these would become paths, if you'd actually apply the transformation this transformation. Maybe a dialog should be shown.

What is the status on this, and what do you guys think?