#1029390 fontconfig-config: Frequently used sans, sans-serif and monospace changed from DejaVu to Noto without a warning

Package:
fontconfig-config
Source:
fontconfig-config
Description:
generic font configuration library - configuration
Submitter:
Petr Gajdůšek
Date:
2023-01-22 11:57:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1029390#5
Date:
2023-01-22 10:26:29 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

In /usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/60-latin.conf the preferred font for sans,
sans-serif and monospace has changed from DejaVu to Noto.

This comes from upstream and the commit unfortunately lacks any reasoning:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/commit/ad70d785974992c569b30108923875e5b5e9dc5e

This results in font change in a lot of applications I am using.

Please consider keeping the DejaVu as the preferred family or distribute a
NEWS.Debian with the change described and
instructions how to change the preferred fonts, e.g. by copying and modifying
/etc/fonts/conf.d/60-latin.conf to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fontconfig/conf.d/

Thank you, Petr