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Unicode 9.0 support

Summary

Unicode 9.0 got released on 21th June 2016. Version 9.0 adds 7,500 characters, including six new scripts and 72 new emoji characters. These additions include six new scripts and 72 new emoji characters. These new script provide support for languages Osage, Nepal Bhasa, Fulani and other African languages, The Bravanese dialect of Swahili, used in Somalia, The Warsh orthography for Arabic and Tangut, a major historic script of China.

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: [[Releases/<number> | Fedora <number> ]]
  • Last updated: 2016-07-01
  • Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

We are upgrading core libraries in Fedora for Unicode 9.0

  • Updating Glibc localedata.
  • Updating Lib ICU. (If upstream releases well in time)
  • libunistring - This portable C library implements Unicode string types in three flavours: (UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32), together with functions for character processing (names, classifications, properties) and functions for string processing (iteration, formatted output, width, word breaks, line breaks, normalization, case folding and regular expressions).
  • Unicode UCD

Benefit to Fedora

Scope

  • Proposal owners:
  • Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

User Experience

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

  • Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
  • Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No
  • Blocks product? product

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release Notes