harfbuzz 1.8.2-2 has been synced from Debian to Ubuntu Cosmic (will become 18.10).
Since you mentioned kitty, I requested that synced as well (bug 1780551), so it too will be available in the next Ubuntu release. :) ** Changed in: harfbuzz (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to harfbuzz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1746286 Title: Update libharfbuzz to 1.7.4 Status in harfbuzz package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Available here: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/ Current version of libharfbuzz-dev is 1.4.2-1, same with libharfbuzz0b (strange name?). It's used in the pretty awesome terminal Kitty; https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/harfbuzz/+bug/1746286/+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