Public bug reported: 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. ** Affects: gnome-characters (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Status: Fix Released ** Affects: gnome-characters (Ubuntu Kinetic) Importance: Low Status: In Progress ** Tags: kinetic upgrade-software-version ** Also affects: gnome-characters (Ubuntu Kinetic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-characters (Ubuntu Kinetic) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-characters (Ubuntu Kinetic) Status: New => In Progress ** Description changed: + 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 (Extra) + Test Case 2 ------------------- - If the glib2.0 SRU is available, install glib 2.74.3-0ubuntu1 and then complete Test Case 3 (Extra) from https://launchpad.net/bugs/1999098 + 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. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-characters in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1999100 Title: Update gnome-characters to 43.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-characters/+bug/1999100/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
