Sorry to be terse, but I'm running late... here is the 0.47pre1 distribution. Lots of great fixes, please test and ensure we have a truly great release!
== Download ==
https://sourceforge.net/projects/inkscape/files/
(Not there yet, I'm guessing a caching issue on SF's side... I'll be on a plane, but someone e-mail the list if they don't show up in a little while.)
== MD5 Sums ==
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Hopefully binaries will start appearing shortly.
Cheers, Ted