A single package makes things simpler and more convenient for testers and ordinary users.
Inkscape's package for Microsoft Windows is self-contained and easy to install.Overall, people seem to agree that Inkscape is more robust and crashes less. Inkscape employs a very intensive bug tracking process, that seems to help stabilize new features, though. On the other hand, the tons of new features in Inkscape undoubtedly introduced their own bugs. Most applicable fixes from Sodipodi since the fork have been ported to Inkscape. Inkscape fixed scores of bugs that Sodipodi has not yet fixed.(Some of Inkscape's documentation could be helpful for Sodipodi use too.) The Sodipodi documentation is limited to a brief text-only shortcuts list and various web pages. For documentation, Inkscape has a detailed manpage, several big SVG tutorials and a complete shortcuts reference in SVG and HTML.After 0.40, Inkscape CVS will experiment with incorporating sodipodi's improvements. See FreehandComparison page for example screenshots from both categories of users. Situation as of Inkscape 0.40: Some people prefer the behavior of Sodipodi's freehand, while others prefer Inkscape. Sodipodi uses for the freehand tool an algorithm similar to that of the calligraphic tool, with parameters like drag and mass (not adjustable, however, as of 0.34) this makes the tool seem to adapt how closely the curve should match the mouse's path, whereas in Inkscape one must choose a fixed tolerance in advance. Inkscape and Sodipodi have improved different aspects of the freehand tool since the fork. Sodipodi's freehand tool is different from Inkscape's.Sodipodi's renderer is noticeably faster, but less correct (often has artifacts with complex self-intersecting paths).Inkscape's developer and user lists are currently more active. Overall, Inkscape progresses faster and has more developers working on it.As the two programs evolve it becomes increasingly useful to compare the two so that the developers of each can consider what features to copy from each other, and so that users can which program is useful for which drawing task or suits them best. Inkscape started as a fork of Sodipodi and Inkscape would not be where it is today without having had the base of Sodipodi to build on.
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