** Description changed: - As per the <https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/14573> discussion. + [Impact] + + Arabic speaking users have requested better rendering of Arabic. This + proposed upload addresses that wish. Related discussion is being hold 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 Arabaic + 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.
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