[ITA] noto-emoji-fonts

[Brian Inglis]

Hi folks,

I would like to adopt the orphaned package noto-emoji-fonts and release it 
updated with the noto-color-emoji font upgraded to Unicode 18 as of 2026-09-10,
and the  noto-emoji (monochrome) font as of the same date, but not yet updated 
to the full current character glyphs repertoire, as more discussion is probably 
required about designs of monochrome glyphs which render well in small sizes.

I have some concerns mentioned in a previous email about how to deal with fonts 
from google/fonts github repo, but have proceeded using simple brute force for 
now, unless suggestions and discussions reveal a better approach that I could 
use to adopt the large selection in the massive Google fonts repo which includes 
the large selection in the noto-fonts package.

I have built, installed, and tested the emoji fonts on my own desktop, not that 
I am a big emoji user in any, never mind Cygwin, apps, and run clean build jobs 
under GH Scallywag CI.

I have issued an NMU for a test release, and added myself as maintainer under 
cygwin-infa/pkg-maint/cygwin-pkg-maint for now, unless someone else wants to 
look at taking over the Google Noto fonts?

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retrancher  but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry