Well, it took quite a while, but finally the upstream tagged 2.12.0 this week.
commit 10970778cad9daf5e8e3b8965e1a24dbe886e21d Author: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: Wed Jul 13 10:06:27 2016 +0200 Commit: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> CommitDate: Wed Jul 13 12:16:07 2016 +0200 media-libs/fontconfig: Bump to version 2.12.0 Package-Manager: portage-2.3.0 Signed-off-by: Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org>