** Description changed:
Justification
-------------
Unicode 15 was release September 13. This is an annual release. It's expected
that the latest Ubuntu will support the latest stable Unicode release. This is
required for compatibility with Internet communications with other platforms
that will be quickly adopting the new emoji characters.
The release happened too late for related upstream releases to happen by
Ubuntu's User Interface Freeze on September 15 and be packaged.
Therefore, I request a UIFe for Ubuntu 22.10 for Unicode 15 packages.
More details
------------
Google will be releasing a new version of fonts-noto-color-emoji "later this
week" but it looks like it won't be released in time for Ubuntu's User
Interface Freeze.
We also need to update glib and harfbuzz for the new release so that new
composite emoji like "pink heart" display correctly.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2877
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/pull/3797
There are probably some other minor universe packages that we should
sync from Debian if we see they are related to Unicode 15.
I don't have packaging ready for these changes yet but I'm requesting
the UIFe early.
UI affecting packages
------------------------
fonts-noto-color-emoji
glib2.0
- harfbuzz (we might not update harfbuzz since the current kinetic version is
so old)
Other packages needed but don't affect UI
-----------------------------------------
node-unicode-data
utf8proc
maybe more universe packages
+
+ Declined changes
+ ----------------
+ harfbuzz - doesn't appear to be a critical need and our kinetic version is
too old. harfbuzz will be updated for Ubuntu 23.04
22.04 LTS
---------
We have done SRUs of new fonts-noto-color-emoji releases to older LTSes
before. We may do it again but that will be one or more separate bugs.
References
----------
https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-15-0/
https://developers.googleblog.com/2022/09/updates-to-emoji-new-
characters-animation-colors-and-more.html
https://unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/
Email to Docs List:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2022-September/020889.html
I don't believe translators need to be notified about this UIFe but let
me know if I should email them anyway.
** Also affects: glib2.0 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Justification
-------------
Unicode 15 was release September 13. This is an annual release. It's expected
that the latest Ubuntu will support the latest stable Unicode release. This is
required for compatibility with Internet communications with other platforms
that will be quickly adopting the new emoji characters.
The release happened too late for related upstream releases to happen by
Ubuntu's User Interface Freeze on September 15 and be packaged.
Therefore, I request a UIFe for Ubuntu 22.10 for Unicode 15 packages.
More details
------------
- Google will be releasing a new version of fonts-noto-color-emoji "later this
week" but it looks like it won't be released in time for Ubuntu's User
Interface Freeze.
+ Google released their updated fonts-noto-color-emoji Friday.
- We also need to update glib and harfbuzz for the new release so that new
- composite emoji like "pink heart" display correctly.
+ We also need to update glib so that new non-emoji Unicode characters are
+ handled correctly.
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/2877
-
- https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/pull/3797
There are probably some other minor universe packages that we should
sync from Debian if we see they are related to Unicode 15.
I don't have packaging ready for these changes yet but I'm requesting
the UIFe early.
UI affecting packages
------------------------
fonts-noto-color-emoji
glib2.0
Other packages needed but don't affect UI
-----------------------------------------
node-unicode-data
utf8proc
maybe more universe packages
Declined changes
----------------
harfbuzz - doesn't appear to be a critical need and our kinetic version is
too old. harfbuzz will be updated for Ubuntu 23.04
22.04 LTS
---------
We have done SRUs of new fonts-noto-color-emoji releases to older LTSes
before. We may do it again but that will be one or more separate bugs.
References
----------
https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-15-0/
https://developers.googleblog.com/2022/09/updates-to-emoji-new-
characters-animation-colors-and-more.html
https://unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/
Email to Docs List:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2022-September/020889.html
I don't believe translators need to be notified about this UIFe but let
me know if I should email them anyway.
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