[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#1057156: bookworm-pu: package fonts-noto-color-emoji/2.042-0+deb12u1

[Jeremy Bícha]

Package: release.debian.org
Control: affects -1 + src:fonts-noto-color-emoji
X-Debbugs-Cc: fonts-noto-color-emoji at packages.debian.org
User: release.debian.org at packages.debian.org
Usertags: pu
Tags: bookworm

[ Reason ]
The Debian GNOME, KDE  and Cinnamon desktops include Google's color
emoji font by default. Annually, the Unicode Consortium releases a new
Unicode standard with new emoji. Internet communication platforms
quickly adopt the new emoji and it's important that those emoji also
work on the latest Debian Stable release.

https://bugs.debian.org/1057150

[ Impact ]
If this update doesn't happen for Debian 12, the new 15.1 emoji
will not display correctly. For instance, the phoenix emoji
will show as Bird+Fire.

[ Tests ]
I have built the new package on Debian 12 and installed it on Debian 12.
Then I completed the Test Case for Color Emoji Font at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/TestPlans/EmojiFont

[ Risks ]
This has no impact beyond color emoji.
There is no other reasonable way to get the latest Google color emoji
than to update to the new version.
A similar stable release update for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is in progress at
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2045043

[ Checklist ]
  [X] *all* changes are documented in the d/changelog
  [X] I reviewed all changes and I approve them
  [X] attach debdiff against the package in (old)stable
  [X] the issue is verified as fixed in unstable

[ Changes ]
* New upstream release (Closes: #1057150)
- This major update introduces support for the Unicode 15.1 standard
https://blog.emojipedia.org/googles-emoji-15-1-support-in-noto-color-emoji/
* debian/gbp.conf: Branch for bookworm
* debian/watch: Update for Github changes

[ Other info ]
https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji/compare/v2.038...v2.042

This change is accompanied by a corresponding update for
gnome-characters. Ideally, both of these updates would be accepted.

If the gnome-characters update is accepted but fonts-noto-color-emoji
is not, the new composite emoji will display badly in the grid layout
(phoenix would appear separately as bird+fire taking up too much
width.

It is less bad if fonts-noto-color-emoji is accepted but
gnome-characters is not. Users would need to manually copy the emoji
from a place like emojipedia instead of using the app. That is less
convenient though. Viewing emoji would still work.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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