There were a few responses on the ubuntu-release mailing list.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2018-February/004283.html
It looks like we're going to drop fonts-symbola from desktop-common. Flavors are free to install fonts-noto-color-emoji themselves if they like since Kubuntu objects to it being in desktop-common.
There were a few responses on the ubuntu-release mailing list.
https:/ /lists. ubuntu. com/archives/ ubuntu- release/ 2018-February/ 004283. html
It looks like we're going to drop fonts-symbola from desktop-common. Flavors are free to install fonts-noto- color-emoji themselves if they like since Kubuntu objects to it being in desktop-common.