Bug#1052455: bookworm-pu: package freetype/2.12.1+dfsg-5+deb12u1

[Hugh McMaster <hmc@debian.org>]

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Hi Adam,

On Sun, 24 Sept 2023 at 05:53, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
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> On Fri, 2023-09-22 at 22:16 +1000, Hugh McMaster wrote:
> > FreeType 2.12.1 shipped with experimental COLRv1 support enabled.
> > This was
> > unintentional, as the implementation shipped in this release was
> > incomplete and
> > incompatible with the final COLRv1 API.
> >
> > Upstream's intention was to enable COLRv1 support in FreeType 2.13.0.
> >
> > Applications attempting to use the partial COLRv1 API in FreeType
> > 2.12.1 will
> > get unexpected (and incorrect) results.
> >
>
> Do we know if any applications shipped in bookworm attempt to use this
> partial API? If so, do we know how they'll handle the change?

The API function call appears in several packages that include
internal copies of FreeType: openjdk-{11, 19, 20} and godot
3.5.2-stable-2. However, none of them call PUT_COLOR_LAYERS_V1() to
access the API.

I doubt many people know the COLRv1 API is in FreeType 2.12.1, as the
API is not mentioned in the release notes for that version. In saying
that, upstream recommends disabling the COLRv1 API.