F39 proposal: FontAwesome6 (Self-Contained Change proposal)

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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/FontAwesome6

This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

== Summary ==
Update the FontAwesome package in Fedora to version 6.x, with a
compatibility package for packages still needing 4.x.

== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:jjames| Jerry James]]
* Email: loganjerry@xxxxxxxxx


=== Affected maintainers ===
* [[User:xavierb|Xavier Bachelot]]
* [[User:lbalhar|Lumír Balhar]]
* [[User:nb|Nick Bebout]]
* [[User:abbra|Alexander Bokovoy]]
* [[User:spot|Tom Callaway]]
* [[User:rcritten|Rob Crittenden]]
* [[User:edewata|Endi Sukma Dewata]]
* [[User:rdieter|Rex Dieter]]
* [[User:rdopiera|Radomir Dopieralski]]
* [[User:cdorney|Claran Dorney]]
* [[User:melmorabity|Mohamed ElMorabity]]
* [[User:mfargett|Marco Fargetta]]
* [[User:kevin|Kevin Fenzi]]
* [[User:cfu|Christina Fu]]
* [[User:mharmsen|Matthew Harmsen]]
* [[User:jhrozek|Jakub Hrozek]]
* [[User:ipa-maint|ipa-maint]]
* [[User:ckelley|Chris Kelley]]
* [[User:mkosek|Martin Kosek]]
* [[User:plautrba|Petr Lautrbach]]
* [[User:vakwetu|Ade Lee]]
* [[User:fale|Fabio Allesandro Locati]]
* [[User:jmagne|Jack Magne]]
* [[User:cicku|Christopher Meng]]
* [[User:than|Than Ngo]]
* [[User:jnovy|Jindrich Novy]]
* [[User:nonamedotc|Mukundan Ragavan]]
* [[User:mrunge|Matthias Runge]]
* [[User:cipherboy|Alexander Scheel]]
* [[User:simo|Simo Sorce]]
* [[User:chedi|Chedi Toueiti]]
* [[User:puiterwijk|Patrick Uiterwijk]]
* [[User:pvoborni|Petr Vobornik]]
* [[User:twoerner|Thomas Woerner]]
* [[User:jonathanspw|Jonathan Wright]]


== Detailed Description ==
The fontawesome-fonts package in Fedora is currently on version 4.7.0.
Meanwhile, some packages now require version 5.x or 6.x of the fonts.
Since most consumers still want version 4.7.0, the proposal is to
introduce a fontawesome4-fonts compatibility package, and move the
fontawesome-fonts package to the most recent release, currently
version 6.3.0.

== Feedback ==


== Benefit to Fedora ==
Some user-facing applications will be able to display the latest
versions of the FontAwesome icons, which have undergone a number of
updates and cleanups to provide a more pleasing look.  In addition,
many new icons have been added in the 5.x and 6.x versions.  For
example, version 6.x contains a Fedora icon, while previous versions
do not.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
** The fontawesome-fonts package will be updated to version 6.3.0.
** The python-pydata-sphinx-theme package will be updated to version
0.13.1, which requires FontAwesome 6.x.
** The python-QtAwesome package will be updated to version 1.2.2,
which includes FontAwesome 6.x support, and changed to unbundle those
fonts that can be unbundled.
** The python-sphinx_ansible_theme package will be updated to version
0.10.1, which permits some spec file simplifications, and updated to
depend on fontawesome4-fonts.
** The python-XStatic-Font-Awesome package will be updated to version
6.2.1.1, which requires FontAwesome 6.x.
** The texlive package will be updated to remove an unnecessary
dependency on fontawesome-fonts.
** Two new packages will be added to the distribution:
*** fontawesome4-fonts, a nearly exact copy of the current
fontawesome-fonts package
*** python-accessible-pygments, to support upgrading the
python-pydata-sphinx-theme package
** One package will be retired from the distribution:
*** fontawesome5-fonts, which will be obsoleted by fontawesome-fonts,
since version 6.x is backwards compatible with 5.x
** The following packages will be updated to depend on
fontawesome4-fonts instead of fontawesome-fonts:
*** freeipa
*** ipsilon
*** python-acme
*** python-f5-sdk
*** python-streamlink
*** sympa
** The following packages will be updated to unbundle the FontAwesome
CSS files and depend on fontawesome4-fonts:
*** python-nbclassic
** The following packages will be updated to unbundle the FontAwesome
4.x fonts and depend on fontawesome4-fonts:
*** dogtag-pki
** The following packages will be updated to unbundle the FontAwesome 6.x fonts:
*** R-fontawesome
** The following packages will be updated to build documentation with
the new version of python-pydata-sphinx-theme:
*** python-networkx
** Finally, the cantata package will be updated to version 2.5.0,
which is the final upstream version.  Since upstream has declared
itself dead, a patch to use FontAwesome 6.x will be added to the
cantata package, so that we can someday retire fontawesome4-fonts.
** All of these changes are available for inspection at
[https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jjames/FontAwesome6 this
COPR].  Changes for an individual package can be seen in jjames's fork
of that package.
** Several packages do not need any changes, because they already
depend on `font(fontawesome)`, rather than on fontawesome-fonts, as
suggested by [https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/FontsPolicy/#_dependencies_to_font_packages_in_other_packages
the font guidelines].
*** coq
*** libgpuarray
*** libsemigroups
*** python-BTrees
*** python-primecountpy
*** python-sphinx_rtd_theme

* Other developers: Maintainers of the packages listed above will need
to review the proposed changes and merge them if they are acceptable.
Afterwards, I will build all packages in a side tag and merge to
Rawhide once all builds are complete.

* Release engineering: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
* Alignment with Initiatives:


== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
Users should not notice this change, except for having fewer bundled
copies of the FontAwesome icons on disk.

== How To Test ==
Install packages from the
[https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jjames/FontAwesome6 the
FontAwesome6 COPR].  Launch each one and verify that it displays the
expected icons.

== User Experience ==
Users should not see any changes, except for a disk space savings if
they have more than one affected package installed.

== Dependencies ==
All dependencies are listed above and will be updated together.  If
maintainers do not respond to pull requests in a timely manner, then
provenpackager privileges can be used to merge the pull requests and
do the builds together.  The definition of "timely manner" is up for
debate.

== 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),

== Documentation ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)

== Release Notes ==
The fontawesome-fonts package has been upgraded to version 6.3.0, and
a compatibility fontawesome4-fonts package has been introduced for
applications that still require FontAwesome 4.7.0.  For packages that
can use the FontAwesome 6.x icons, the changes described in
[https://fontawesome.com/docs/changelog/ the FontAwesome changelog]
are now available.  Packages that use the FontAwesome 4.x icons do not
have any user-visible changes.


-- 
Ben Cotton
He / Him / His
Fedora Program Manager
Red Hat
TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis
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