Very recently code to render a SVG image was added to soy.textures.Texture, however, this does not work and instead crashes the engine.

Many examples can be found on the web for using librsvg to load and render a SVG file to a Cairo surface. The segfault happens while the vector graphic is being rendered, indicating the problem could be in how we create the Cairo surface or context.

Fix the bug, write a small example which demonstrates loading a SVG file, and enjoy the glory of being the developer to add this important feature to our engine!

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