Re:Inkscape Version 0.92 is Released
by buovjaga on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @11:43AM
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That link you posted is dated 540 days ago. The situation now is that Xaviju met Inkscape devs at the last Libre Graphics Meeting and the forming of the design team was decided.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9883145