| 2022-12-27 10:10:57 |
නොදන්නා |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2022-12-27 13:46:56 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug |
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added subscriber Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
| 2022-12-27 14:43:42 |
Launchpad Janitor |
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Confirmed |
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| 2022-12-27 15:35:03 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug task added |
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language-selector (Ubuntu) |
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| 2022-12-28 19:35:44 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
description |
**What's the problem?**
Currently ubuntu comes with LKLUG font for sinhala (si). it's not clear. e.g. we cannot recognize vowel signs and read websites using that font. We can change it manually but such changes do not apply to some applications or application types e.g. snap apps etc.
LKLUG (last active: 2012) no one maintain it now.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://www.lug.lk/
http://www.lug.lk/fonts/lklug
**What expected to happen?**
We would like to see Noto serif sinhala as the default font for sinhala language
https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Serif+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thin, takes less space than sans sinhala]
If noto sans is more suitable for ubuntuOS, you can add noto sans sinhala https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thick, takes more space than serif sinhala]
**Additional details**
Screenshots (see the difference: LKLUG/Noto)
LKLUG
https://i.ibb.co/nbHM5Mw/lklug.jpg
Noto Sinhala
https://i.ibb.co/k9dbtYb/noto.jpg
If you need more examples or clarifications, please add a comment
Random posts
1. https://groups.google.com/g/Sinhala-Unicode/c/LYxuJ44dY3g
2. https://twitter.com/thilinag/status/1598707165920825344#m (LKLUG bug with some apps)
3. https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/nzpl9p/change_sinhala_font_in_ubuntu/
Also, some developers already have designed tools, scripts for that problem however many people do not try to find these scripts and switch to other OS
1. https://github.com/IMS94/UbuntuSinhalaFont (developer: PMC chair @apache)
2. https://gist.github.com/thilinag/66577033fafd00c3dfdaa898c2478c79
3. https://github.com/hankyoTutorials/linux-system-sinhala-font-changer
Please review details, screenshots and posts. This is not a personal opinion and atleast, i expect to see this change in the next interim or LTS release.
Furthermore, please let me know if i can help to speed-up this replacement process |
[ Impact ]
The current default font for Sinhala (LKLUG) is unmaintained and comes with issues. Noto offers Sinhala fonts with significantly higher quality.
fonts-lklug-sinhala is pulled by quite a few meta packages. Instead of changing that, the proposed change makes fontconfig give Noto Sans Sinhala respective Noto Serif Sinhala higher precedence than LKLUG, and that — together with installation of fonts-noto-core — seems to be sufficient to achieve the desired result.
[ Test Plan ]
* Install language-selector-[common,gnome] from jammy-proposed.
* Open Language Support and install the Sinhala language.
* Open a terminal window and run this command:
fc-match -a | grep -E 'LKLUG|Sinhala'
* Confirm that Noto Sans Sinhala is listed before LKLUG.
[ Where problems could occur ]
No real problem in sight. Some Sinhala speaking users with fonts-noto-core installed will indeed see a surprise change when it starts to render Sinhala via Noto fonts instead of LKLUG. But that surprise ought to make them happy. :)
[ Original description ]
**What's the problem?**
Currently ubuntu comes with LKLUG font for sinhala (si). it's not clear. e.g. we cannot recognize vowel signs and read websites using that font. We can change it manually but such changes do not apply to some applications or application types e.g. snap apps etc.
LKLUG (last active: 2012) no one maintain it now.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://www.lug.lk/
http://www.lug.lk/fonts/lklug
**What expected to happen?**
We would like to see Noto serif sinhala as the default font for sinhala language
https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Serif+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thin, takes less space than sans sinhala]
If noto sans is more suitable for ubuntuOS, you can add noto sans sinhala https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thick, takes more space than serif sinhala]
**Additional details**
Screenshots (see the difference: LKLUG/Noto)
LKLUG
https://i.ibb.co/nbHM5Mw/lklug.jpg
Noto Sinhala
https://i.ibb.co/k9dbtYb/noto.jpg
If you need more examples or clarifications, please add a comment
Random posts
1. https://groups.google.com/g/Sinhala-Unicode/c/LYxuJ44dY3g
2. https://twitter.com/thilinag/status/1598707165920825344#m (LKLUG bug with some apps)
3. https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/nzpl9p/change_sinhala_font_in_ubuntu/
Also, some developers already have designed tools, scripts for that problem however many people do not try to find these scripts and switch to other OS
1. https://github.com/IMS94/UbuntuSinhalaFont (developer: PMC chair @apache)
2. https://gist.github.com/thilinag/66577033fafd00c3dfdaa898c2478c79
3. https://github.com/hankyoTutorials/linux-system-sinhala-font-changer
Please review details, screenshots and posts. This is not a personal opinion and atleast, i expect to see this change in the next interim or LTS release.
Furthermore, please let me know if i can help to speed-up this replacement process |
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| 2022-12-28 19:35:57 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Jammy |
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| 2022-12-28 19:35:57 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug task added |
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Jammy) |
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| 2022-12-28 19:35:57 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug task added |
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language-selector (Ubuntu Jammy) |
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| 2022-12-28 19:36:05 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug task deleted |
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Jammy) |
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| 2022-12-28 19:36:20 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu): status |
Confirmed |
Won't Fix |
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| 2022-12-28 19:36:47 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu): importance |
Undecided |
Wishlist |
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| 2022-12-28 19:36:47 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu): status |
New |
Fix Committed |
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| 2022-12-28 19:36:47 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu): assignee |
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
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| 2022-12-28 19:37:12 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu Jammy): importance |
Undecided |
Wishlist |
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| 2022-12-28 19:37:12 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu Jammy): status |
New |
In Progress |
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| 2022-12-28 19:37:12 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu Jammy): assignee |
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
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| 2022-12-29 06:08:48 |
Launchpad Janitor |
language-selector (Ubuntu): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2023-01-04 17:46:31 |
Robie Basak |
language-selector (Ubuntu Jammy): status |
In Progress |
Incomplete |
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| 2023-01-04 21:10:41 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
description |
[ Impact ]
The current default font for Sinhala (LKLUG) is unmaintained and comes with issues. Noto offers Sinhala fonts with significantly higher quality.
fonts-lklug-sinhala is pulled by quite a few meta packages. Instead of changing that, the proposed change makes fontconfig give Noto Sans Sinhala respective Noto Serif Sinhala higher precedence than LKLUG, and that — together with installation of fonts-noto-core — seems to be sufficient to achieve the desired result.
[ Test Plan ]
* Install language-selector-[common,gnome] from jammy-proposed.
* Open Language Support and install the Sinhala language.
* Open a terminal window and run this command:
fc-match -a | grep -E 'LKLUG|Sinhala'
* Confirm that Noto Sans Sinhala is listed before LKLUG.
[ Where problems could occur ]
No real problem in sight. Some Sinhala speaking users with fonts-noto-core installed will indeed see a surprise change when it starts to render Sinhala via Noto fonts instead of LKLUG. But that surprise ought to make them happy. :)
[ Original description ]
**What's the problem?**
Currently ubuntu comes with LKLUG font for sinhala (si). it's not clear. e.g. we cannot recognize vowel signs and read websites using that font. We can change it manually but such changes do not apply to some applications or application types e.g. snap apps etc.
LKLUG (last active: 2012) no one maintain it now.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://www.lug.lk/
http://www.lug.lk/fonts/lklug
**What expected to happen?**
We would like to see Noto serif sinhala as the default font for sinhala language
https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Serif+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thin, takes less space than sans sinhala]
If noto sans is more suitable for ubuntuOS, you can add noto sans sinhala https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thick, takes more space than serif sinhala]
**Additional details**
Screenshots (see the difference: LKLUG/Noto)
LKLUG
https://i.ibb.co/nbHM5Mw/lklug.jpg
Noto Sinhala
https://i.ibb.co/k9dbtYb/noto.jpg
If you need more examples or clarifications, please add a comment
Random posts
1. https://groups.google.com/g/Sinhala-Unicode/c/LYxuJ44dY3g
2. https://twitter.com/thilinag/status/1598707165920825344#m (LKLUG bug with some apps)
3. https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/nzpl9p/change_sinhala_font_in_ubuntu/
Also, some developers already have designed tools, scripts for that problem however many people do not try to find these scripts and switch to other OS
1. https://github.com/IMS94/UbuntuSinhalaFont (developer: PMC chair @apache)
2. https://gist.github.com/thilinag/66577033fafd00c3dfdaa898c2478c79
3. https://github.com/hankyoTutorials/linux-system-sinhala-font-changer
Please review details, screenshots and posts. This is not a personal opinion and atleast, i expect to see this change in the next interim or LTS release.
Furthermore, please let me know if i can help to speed-up this replacement process |
[ Impact ]
The current default font for Sinhala (LKLUG) is unmaintained and comes with issues. Noto offers Sinhala fonts with significantly higher quality.
fonts-lklug-sinhala is pulled by quite a few meta packages. Instead of changing that, the proposed change makes fontconfig give Noto Sans Sinhala respective Noto Serif Sinhala higher precedence than LKLUG, and that — together with installation of fonts-noto-core — seems to be sufficient to achieve the desired result.
[ Test Plan ]
* Install language-selector-[common,gnome] from jammy-proposed.
* Open Language Support and install the Sinhala language.
* Open a terminal window and run this command:
fc-match -a | grep -E 'LKLUG|Sinhala'
* Confirm that Noto Sans Sinhala is listed before LKLUG.
* Close Firefox and re-open it.
* Visit e.g. https://si.wikipedia.org and confirm the
improvement. (Also I (Gunnar), who don't speak Sinhala,
notice a remarkable difference.)
[ Where problems could occur ]
No real problem in sight. Some Sinhala speaking users with fonts-noto-core installed will indeed see a surprise change when it starts to render Sinhala via Noto fonts instead of LKLUG. But that surprise ought to make them happy. :)
Please note Robie Basak's warning about the changed font metrics in comment #7, though.
[ Original description ]
**What's the problem?**
Currently ubuntu comes with LKLUG font for sinhala (si). it's not clear. e.g. we cannot recognize vowel signs and read websites using that font. We can change it manually but such changes do not apply to some applications or application types e.g. snap apps etc.
LKLUG (last active: 2012) no one maintain it now.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://www.lug.lk/
http://www.lug.lk/fonts/lklug
**What expected to happen?**
We would like to see Noto serif sinhala as the default font for sinhala language
https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Serif+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thin, takes less space than sans sinhala]
If noto sans is more suitable for ubuntuOS, you can add noto sans sinhala https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thick, takes more space than serif sinhala]
**Additional details**
Screenshots (see the difference: LKLUG/Noto)
LKLUG
https://i.ibb.co/nbHM5Mw/lklug.jpg
Noto Sinhala
https://i.ibb.co/k9dbtYb/noto.jpg
If you need more examples or clarifications, please add a comment
Random posts
1. https://groups.google.com/g/Sinhala-Unicode/c/LYxuJ44dY3g
2. https://twitter.com/thilinag/status/1598707165920825344#m (LKLUG bug with some apps)
3. https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/nzpl9p/change_sinhala_font_in_ubuntu/
Also, some developers already have designed tools, scripts for that problem however many people do not try to find these scripts and switch to other OS
1. https://github.com/IMS94/UbuntuSinhalaFont (developer: PMC chair @apache)
2. https://gist.github.com/thilinag/66577033fafd00c3dfdaa898c2478c79
3. https://github.com/hankyoTutorials/linux-system-sinhala-font-changer
Please review details, screenshots and posts. This is not a personal opinion and atleast, i expect to see this change in the next interim or LTS release.
Furthermore, please let me know if i can help to speed-up this replacement process |
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| 2023-01-04 21:11:03 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
nominated for series |
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Ubuntu Kinetic |
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| 2023-01-04 21:11:03 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug task added |
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ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic) |
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| 2023-01-04 21:11:03 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug task added |
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language-selector (Ubuntu Kinetic) |
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| 2023-01-04 21:11:25 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu Kinetic): status |
New |
Won't Fix |
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| 2023-01-04 21:11:40 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu Jammy): status |
Incomplete |
In Progress |
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| 2023-01-04 21:12:09 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug task deleted |
ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu Kinetic) |
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| 2023-01-05 13:15:18 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu Kinetic): importance |
Undecided |
Wishlist |
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| 2023-01-05 13:15:18 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu Kinetic): status |
Won't Fix |
In Progress |
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| 2023-01-05 13:15:18 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
language-selector (Ubuntu Kinetic): assignee |
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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) |
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| 2023-01-05 13:16:44 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
description |
[ Impact ]
The current default font for Sinhala (LKLUG) is unmaintained and comes with issues. Noto offers Sinhala fonts with significantly higher quality.
fonts-lklug-sinhala is pulled by quite a few meta packages. Instead of changing that, the proposed change makes fontconfig give Noto Sans Sinhala respective Noto Serif Sinhala higher precedence than LKLUG, and that — together with installation of fonts-noto-core — seems to be sufficient to achieve the desired result.
[ Test Plan ]
* Install language-selector-[common,gnome] from jammy-proposed.
* Open Language Support and install the Sinhala language.
* Open a terminal window and run this command:
fc-match -a | grep -E 'LKLUG|Sinhala'
* Confirm that Noto Sans Sinhala is listed before LKLUG.
* Close Firefox and re-open it.
* Visit e.g. https://si.wikipedia.org and confirm the
improvement. (Also I (Gunnar), who don't speak Sinhala,
notice a remarkable difference.)
[ Where problems could occur ]
No real problem in sight. Some Sinhala speaking users with fonts-noto-core installed will indeed see a surprise change when it starts to render Sinhala via Noto fonts instead of LKLUG. But that surprise ought to make them happy. :)
Please note Robie Basak's warning about the changed font metrics in comment #7, though.
[ Original description ]
**What's the problem?**
Currently ubuntu comes with LKLUG font for sinhala (si). it's not clear. e.g. we cannot recognize vowel signs and read websites using that font. We can change it manually but such changes do not apply to some applications or application types e.g. snap apps etc.
LKLUG (last active: 2012) no one maintain it now.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://www.lug.lk/
http://www.lug.lk/fonts/lklug
**What expected to happen?**
We would like to see Noto serif sinhala as the default font for sinhala language
https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Serif+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thin, takes less space than sans sinhala]
If noto sans is more suitable for ubuntuOS, you can add noto sans sinhala https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thick, takes more space than serif sinhala]
**Additional details**
Screenshots (see the difference: LKLUG/Noto)
LKLUG
https://i.ibb.co/nbHM5Mw/lklug.jpg
Noto Sinhala
https://i.ibb.co/k9dbtYb/noto.jpg
If you need more examples or clarifications, please add a comment
Random posts
1. https://groups.google.com/g/Sinhala-Unicode/c/LYxuJ44dY3g
2. https://twitter.com/thilinag/status/1598707165920825344#m (LKLUG bug with some apps)
3. https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/nzpl9p/change_sinhala_font_in_ubuntu/
Also, some developers already have designed tools, scripts for that problem however many people do not try to find these scripts and switch to other OS
1. https://github.com/IMS94/UbuntuSinhalaFont (developer: PMC chair @apache)
2. https://gist.github.com/thilinag/66577033fafd00c3dfdaa898c2478c79
3. https://github.com/hankyoTutorials/linux-system-sinhala-font-changer
Please review details, screenshots and posts. This is not a personal opinion and atleast, i expect to see this change in the next interim or LTS release.
Furthermore, please let me know if i can help to speed-up this replacement process |
[ Impact ]
The current default font for Sinhala (LKLUG) is unmaintained and comes with issues. Noto offers Sinhala fonts with significantly higher quality.
fonts-lklug-sinhala is pulled by quite a few meta packages. Instead of changing that, the proposed change makes fontconfig give Noto Sans Sinhala respective Noto Serif Sinhala higher precedence than LKLUG, and that — together with installation of fonts-noto-core — seems to be sufficient to achieve the desired result.
[ Test Plan ]
* Install language-selector-[common,gnome] from [jammy,kinetic]-proposed.
* Open Language Support and install the Sinhala language.
* Open a terminal window and run this command:
fc-match -a | grep -E 'LKLUG|Sinhala'
* Confirm that Noto Sans Sinhala is listed before LKLUG.
* Close Firefox and re-open it.
* Visit e.g. https://si.wikipedia.org and confirm the
improvement. (Also I (Gunnar), who don't speak Sinhala,
notice a remarkable difference.)
[ Where problems could occur ]
No real problem in sight. Some Sinhala speaking users with fonts-noto-core installed will indeed see a surprise change when it starts to render Sinhala via Noto fonts instead of LKLUG. But that surprise ought to make them happy. :)
Please note Robie Basak's warning about the changed font metrics in comment #7, though.
[ Original description ]
**What's the problem?**
Currently ubuntu comes with LKLUG font for sinhala (si). it's not clear. e.g. we cannot recognize vowel signs and read websites using that font. We can change it manually but such changes do not apply to some applications or application types e.g. snap apps etc.
LKLUG (last active: 2012) no one maintain it now.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220000000000*/http://www.lug.lk/
http://www.lug.lk/fonts/lklug
**What expected to happen?**
We would like to see Noto serif sinhala as the default font for sinhala language
https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Serif+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thin, takes less space than sans sinhala]
If noto sans is more suitable for ubuntuOS, you can add noto sans sinhala https://fonts.google.com/noto/specimen/Noto+Sans+Sinhala
[Highlighs: clear (readable), thick, takes more space than serif sinhala]
**Additional details**
Screenshots (see the difference: LKLUG/Noto)
LKLUG
https://i.ibb.co/nbHM5Mw/lklug.jpg
Noto Sinhala
https://i.ibb.co/k9dbtYb/noto.jpg
If you need more examples or clarifications, please add a comment
Random posts
1. https://groups.google.com/g/Sinhala-Unicode/c/LYxuJ44dY3g
2. https://twitter.com/thilinag/status/1598707165920825344#m (LKLUG bug with some apps)
3. https://www.reddit.com/r/srilanka/comments/nzpl9p/change_sinhala_font_in_ubuntu/
Also, some developers already have designed tools, scripts for that problem however many people do not try to find these scripts and switch to other OS
1. https://github.com/IMS94/UbuntuSinhalaFont (developer: PMC chair @apache)
2. https://gist.github.com/thilinag/66577033fafd00c3dfdaa898c2478c79
3. https://github.com/hankyoTutorials/linux-system-sinhala-font-changer
Please review details, screenshots and posts. This is not a personal opinion and atleast, i expect to see this change in the next interim or LTS release.
Furthermore, please let me know if i can help to speed-up this replacement process |
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| 2023-01-05 17:24:51 |
Robie Basak |
language-selector (Ubuntu Kinetic): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2023-01-05 17:24:52 |
Robie Basak |
bug |
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added subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
| 2023-01-05 17:24:53 |
Robie Basak |
bug |
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added subscriber SRU Verification |
| 2023-01-05 17:24:55 |
Robie Basak |
tags |
fonts |
fonts verification-needed verification-needed-kinetic |
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| 2023-01-05 17:25:07 |
Robie Basak |
language-selector (Ubuntu Jammy): status |
In Progress |
Fix Committed |
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| 2023-01-05 17:25:11 |
Robie Basak |
tags |
fonts verification-needed verification-needed-kinetic |
fonts verification-needed verification-needed-jammy verification-needed-kinetic |
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| 2023-01-05 18:40:35 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
tags |
fonts verification-needed verification-needed-jammy verification-needed-kinetic |
fonts verification-done verification-done-jammy verification-done-kinetic |
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| 2023-01-23 10:17:52 |
Launchpad Janitor |
language-selector (Ubuntu Kinetic): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2023-01-23 10:17:59 |
Łukasz Zemczak |
removed subscriber Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team |
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| 2023-01-23 10:49:59 |
Launchpad Janitor |
language-selector (Ubuntu Jammy): status |
Fix Committed |
Fix Released |
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| 2023-02-17 12:56:04 |
Gunnar Hjalmarsson |
bug watch added |
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=983291 |
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