Package: libc6 Version: 2.31-6 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: dankamong...@gmail.com
Dear Maintainer, Unstable currently contains GNU libc 2.31. I assume that this is the version expected to go into Bullseye. If 2.32 is intended, please ignore this bug. 2.32 added Unicode 13 support, including wcwidth() tables for the new Unicode 13 characters, introduced in March 2020. 2.31 wcwidth() returns -1 for these characters. GNU libc's wcwidth() implementation is table-driven, and generated from Unicode data files. It is thus pretty well self-contained. If Bullseye will be shipping 2.31, it would be very desirable to include the Unicode 13 support from 2.32. At the very least, the updated wcwidth() tables would be a boon. I'd be happy to prepare a backport in the form of a patch, but wanted to submit this bug and get feedback from the glibc maintainers before doing so. Would such a patch be welcome, assuming I could get it done by some date? Alternatively, are there plans to ship 2.32 in Bullseye? Thanks! -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (300, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.10.1nlb (SMP w/64 CPU threads) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.17-1 ii libgcc-s1 10.2.1-1 Versions of packages libc6 recommends: ii libidn2-0 2.3.0-4 ii libnss-nis 3.1-4 ii libnss-nisplus 1.3-4 Versions of packages libc6 suggests: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.74 ii glibc-doc 2.31-6 ii libc-l10n 2.31-6 ii locales 2.31-6 -- debconf information: glibc/restart-failed: * glibc/disable-screensaver: * libraries/restart-without-asking: true glibc/kernel-not-supported: glibc/kernel-too-old: glibc/restart-services: glibc/upgrade: true
