Bug#677002: libqtcore4: Please include patch from upstream for correct bidi mirroring
Package: libqtcore4
Version: 4:4.8.2-1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream l10n patch
Dear Maintainer,
This is a bug that was filed, accepted and fixed in upstream (Qt):
https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-25169
The fix is here:
http://codereview.qt-project.org/#change,22742
But upstream only intends to include it in version 5.0.
I've asked upstream KDE to include it earlier:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301610
and now, I'm asking Debian to do the same.
Description copied from the Qt bug above:
Unicode 6 changed the bidi-mirroring properties of some characters (see
http://unicode.org/versions/corrigendum6.html). Of these characters, the
characters 2019,201A (single quotes), 201D and 201E (double quotes) are
used in Hebrew (and are to be included in a soon-to-be-released new Hebrew
Keyboard Layout standard).
Qt still uses the old definitions. The result is a regression-by-default:
If I wrote this comment in an RTL language (like Hebrew), using the proper
Hebrew quotes (open with U201E and close with U201D), it would be presented
incorrectly in any Qt-based browser.
Thanks,
Shai.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libqtcore4 depends on:
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.0-12
ii libglib2.0-0 2.32.3-1
ii libstdc++6 4.7.0-12
ii multiarch-support 2.13-33
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-11
libqtcore4 recommends no packages.
Versions of packages libqtcore4 suggests:
ii libicu48 4.8.1.1-8
ii libthai0 0.1.17-1
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