Yes, let's wait for glib2.0 to be ready first. I'm setting the block tag now.
** Tags added: block-proposed block-proposed-kinetic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-characters in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1999100 Title: Update gnome-characters to 43.1 Status in gnome-characters package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in gnome-characters source package in Kinetic: Fix Committed Bug description: NOTE TO SRU TEAM ================ Please accept the glib2.0 SRU first. To enable the new feature to work best, I have added a Build-Depends (which results in a Depends) on the new glib version. Impact ------ There is a new bugfix release in the stable 43 series https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-characters/-/blob/43.1/NEWS This adds one new feature: new emoji and Unicode characters from Unicode 15. Test Case 1 ----------- Install the update Open the Characters app. Select an emoji character and click Copy Character Paste the emoji somewhere. You should see the emoji you pasted. Test Case 2 ------------------- Open the Characters app. Use the search feature to search for "moose" A moose emoji should show up. This is one of the new Emoji 15. https://blog.emojipedia.org/whats-new-in-unicode-15-0/ (This is Test Case 3 (Extra) from https://launchpad.net/bugs/1999098) What Could Go Wrong ------------------- GNOME Characters is part of GNOME Core and falls under the GNOME Stable Release Update microrelease exception https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates/GNOME It is installed by default in Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Budgie. Other Info ---------- Unicode 15 enablement was granted a User Interface Freeze Exception for Ubuntu 22.10: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1989626 glib and gnome-characters are the only 2 late pieces that the Ubuntu Desktop team plans to SRU for Ubuntu 22.10. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-characters/+bug/1999100/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
