** 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.
-- 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: In Progress 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 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. 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 : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
