There were a few responses on the ubuntu-release mailing list. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu- release/2018-February/004283.html
It looks like we're going to drop fonts-symbola from desktop-common. Flavors are free to install fonts-noto-color-emoji themselves if they like since Kubuntu objects to it being in desktop-common. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1746310 Title: Drop fonts-symbola from platform? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/1746310/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs