Comment 6 for bug 502075

See also bug #227472 “[patch] improved SVG import” (comment #4):
«Import currently seems to work on the principle that the imported image should be a single object that the user can easily move about, resize, rotate, etc. That makes sense to me, and isn't really compatible with having the imported image spread over several layers. So the current behaviour (layers are converted to ordinary groups on import) seems like the best default behaviour. A "preserve layers" mode might be useful as a preference option, although I'm not sure where the new layers should go (on top of the existing layers? just above the current layer? as sublayers of the current layer?).»
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