I needed some of the recent improvements - specifically, flowed text and the ability to change the format of individual characters, so I downloaded and installed a snapshot.
However, I am having problems with files converted from ps.
The import that worked find on the 0.41 release is not importing properly with the snapshots I have downloaded (inkscape-20050429-1520, inkscape-20050501-1240). Specifically, the text and the path's are no longer "lining up". I attached a screenshot of the 0.41 release of inkscape (on the left) and the snapshot (on the right), as well as the svg file.
The intermediate skencil file looks fine (in skencil).
As a side question, is it a bad idea to email this list with problems like this (snapshots)? Should i file a bug instead? File a bug and email?