Package: release.debian.org Control: affects -1 + src:gnome-characters X-Debbugs-Cc: gnome-characters@packages.debian.org User: release.debian.org@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu Tags: bookworm [ Reason ] The default color emoji font in Debian GNOME 12 is fonts-noto-color-emoji which is being updated to 2.042 to include support for Unicode 15.1. The GNOME Characters app should be updated to display the new emoji from Unicode 15.1 https://bugs.debian.org/1057158 [ Impact ] If this update doesn't happen for Debian 12, the new 15.1 emoji will not display in the Characters app. Users would instead have to browse and copy these new emoji from emojipedia.org or from some other source. [ Tests ] I have built the new package on Debian 12 and installed it on Debian 12. I also installed my self-built copy of fonts-noto-color-emoji 2.042-0+deb12u1 Then I successfully completed the 2 test cases from https://launchpad.net/bugs/2045056 [ Risks ] This has no impact beyond the gnome-characters app. The gnome-characters app is installed by default in Debian GNOME and Debian Cinnamon. A similar stable release update for Ubuntu 23.10 is in progress at https://launchpad.net/bugs/2045056 [ Checklist ] [X] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog [X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them [X] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable [X] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable [ Changes ] * Cherry-pick patch for Unicode 15.0.1 updates * Cherry-pick proposed patch for Unicode 15.1 updates (Closes: #1057158) * debian/gbp.conf: Branch for bookworm [ Other info ] This change is accompanied by a corresponding update for fonts-noto-color-emoji: https://bugs.debian.org/1057156 . Ideally, both of these updates would be accepted. If the gnome-characters update is accepted but fonts-noto-color-emoji is not, the new composite emoji will display badly in the grid layout (phoenix would appear separately as bird+fire taking up too much width. It is less bad if fonts-noto-color-emoji is accepted but gnome-characters is not. Users would need to manually copy the emoji from a place like emojipedia instead of using the app. That is less convenient though. Viewing emoji would still work. This changeset consists of two patches: one patch is cherry-pick from gnome-characters 45.0. The other is in a merge request that was proposed months before fonts-noto-color-emoji's Unicode 15.1 update was released and is expected to be merged soon. https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-characters/-/merge_requests/110 Thank you, Jeremy Bícha
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