icu77: init at 77.1

[afh]

https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/tag/release-77-rc

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[raboof]

seems like a good idea to me, should we also make icuReal point to this version?

[raboof]

requesting review from @7c6f434c as maintainer of the icu packages

[afh]

If folks see benefits in changing the default icu to this new version I propose to do that in a separate PR, given that the effects of this are far greater than just adding a new version that dependant packages can choose to use.

[afh]

Thanks for merging 👍