Hello Gunnar, or anyone else affected, Accepted language-selector into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language- selector/0.204.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed- focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping! N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days. ** Changed in: language-selector (Ubuntu Focal) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to language-selector in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1891733 Title: Support better Arabic font Status in Ubuntu Seeds: New Status in language-selector package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in language-selector source package in Focal: Fix Committed Status in language-selector source package in Groovy: Fix Released Bug description: [Impact] Arabic speaking users have requested better rendering of Arabic. This proposed upload addresses that wish. Related discussion is being held at <https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/14573>. So how is this an SRUable bug fix and not just an enhancement which should go to -backports? Well, currently, if you install the Arabic language via Language Support, a couple of Arabic fonts packages are pulled. But even if you set an Arabic locale, those fonts won't make a difference. The explanation is that DejaVu fonts, which also are able to render Arabic, have higher fontconfig precedence. The user must mess with fontconfig themselves to change the effective font, which is a bug. (I can't tell if it ever worked as intended.) So to summarize: This is a combination of a bug fix and an enhancement. [Test Case] * Install the language-selector-{gnome,common} packages from focal-proposed. * Open the Language Support tool and install Arabic. * Open a terminal window and run this command: LC_CTYPE=ar_EG.UTF-8 fc-match -a | head -10 * Find that Noto fonts are at the top of the list. [Regression risk] This will change the effective font for rendering Arabic for some users. But the user experience will be improved in those cases, not the opposite. The change in font will only happen for users with an Arabic locale. The risk that other users would be affected by the change is low. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-seeds/+bug/1891733/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
