Mesh gradient to Path extension fails (any option)

• open pumpkin.svg
• try to apply the extension to one of the pumpkins

/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py:13: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib; see the module's documentation for alternative uses
  import fnmatch, glob, traceback, errno, sys, atexit, locale, imp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "path_mesh_m2p.py", line 362, in <module>
    MeshToPath().run()
  File "/opt/inkscape_1.0.x/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex/base.py", line 123, in run
    self.save_raw(self.effect())
  File "path_mesh_m2p.py", line 351, in effect
    csp_list, mat = self.mesh_to_csp(meshgradient)
  File "path_mesh_m2p.py", line 294, in mesh_to_csp
    transform = meshgradient.gradientTransform * meshgradient.transform
  File "/opt/inkscape_1.0.x/share/inkscape/extensions/inkex/elements/_base.py", line 147, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError("Can't find attribute {}.{}".format(self.typename, name))
AttributeError: Can't find attribute BaseElement.gradientTransform