https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1078661
Shriramana Sharma samjnaa@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #1 from Shriramana Sharma samjnaa@gmail.com --- I have always been in favour of following the standard over keeping sticking to legacy data. If fonts continue to display non-standard sequences like this, then as Srikanth says the interoperability purpose of the standard is lost.
Also consider Arabic/Urdu-based names like tasrīn. In Tamil script they should be written as தஸ்ரீன் (தஸ்.ரீன் without the dot) but with the current behaviour they are displayed identical to தஶ்ரீன் whereas ஶ்ரீ is only ever found in Sanskrit-based names. (On Firefox 28 on my Kubuntu Saucy system I am able to prevent the ligature by using ZWNJ but that should not be required for normal usage.)
Previously (bug 1016984 and bug 1016989) the maintainers have refused to remove old sequences citing legacy use, but in this case such refusal would mean such Arabic-based names cannot be written naturally in Tamil script without using ZWNJ and that affects usability.