Electron backported the fix to Electron 1.7.10 (1.7.11 is current stable). https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.7.10
Therefore I'm closing this bug. Note that freetype 2.8.1 is stuck in bionic-proposed because of a regression in libfont-freetype-perl's autopkgtests. ** Changed in: freetype (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to freetype in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728329 Title: Update freetype to 2.8.1 Status in freetype package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: We should merge freetype 2.8.1 from Debian Testing. freetype (2.8.1-0.1) unstable; urgency=medium * Non-maintainer upload. * New upstream release (Closes: #876132) - Refresh debian/patches-ft2demos/compiler_hardening_fixes.patch, partially fixed upstream - debian/libfreetype6.symbols: Add newly export symbol However, there is a regression in Electron apps. It looks like we'll need to wait for Electron 1.9 for the regression to be fixed. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/skia/issues/detail?id=6663 https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/35675 https://github.com/atom/atom/issues/15737 https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/10213 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1728329/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp