The initial report here concerned the implicit action of "Save as" which
is:

  and make all subsequent "Save" operations also write to this file

and then discussion spun off into "Export" and a wholesale rearrangement
of "Save" and "Save as...".  Current versions of Inkscape have "Save a
copy..." in the file menu , which is nothing but "Save as.." without
this implicit action.

So why is this bug still open?   End users can already achieve the
desired result by selecting that other file menu option.

If this is still considered an issue, would not a bit of text in the "Save 
as.." dialog, warning the user, not suffice?  Perhaps
place it below "Title" and have it say:

  This file will also be the new target for "Save".  To retain the current 
"Save" target cancel this dialog
  and use "Save a Copy" instead.

Alternatively, put in a check box, normally checked, that says:

  Make this the new target for "Save"

If it was deselected, then "Save as..." would act like "Save a copy"
does now.

The latter change pretty much eliminates the need for a "Save a copy"
file menu option, at the expense of an occasional extra mouse click
within the "Save as..." dialog.

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  PDF better under "Export" than "Save As"

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