Re: MBF: Removal of GTK2 from forky
On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 4:18 AM Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> wrote:
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> On Wed Jan 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM GMT, Matthias Geiger wrote:
> > the Debian GNOME team has a goal of removing gtk+2.0 from Forky before
> > the release of Debian 14 in 2027.
>
> If maintainers outside the Debian GNOME team wished to maintain GTK2+, I
> would hope you would not object.
GTK 2 has been unmaintained upstream since the end of 2020 when GTK 4
was released. There isn't anyone to maintain GTK 2. The Debian GNOME
team is trying to remove GTK 2 from Debian, not orphan it.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
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