I think you’re right. The pre-.NET 8 path doesn’t seem to use libicu, so can continue on its merry way unless libappindicator version change affects it. That actually might be the worry I should have cited.
Install instructions for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (‘libappindicator0.1-cil’ has no installation candidate)
was a 2.0.7.1 change needed to install on new Ubuntu. 2.0.8.0 lacks the change too, I believe.
My idea is that the new Ubuntu broke 2.0.7.1, thus broke 2.0.8.0 even though nobody reported.
To avoid having to re-release, a definite answer on Ubuntu 24.04 and libappindicator is needed.