Bug#520441: RM: gtk+1.2 -- ROM; deprecated for 8 years, no security support

[Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>]

Package: ftp.debian.org
Severity: normal

Please remove gtk+1.2 from unstable. The last upstream release was 8 
years ago, and there isn’t any kind of maintenance happening on it, 
either upstream or in Debian.

This will immediately make all reverse dependencies uninstallable, but 
this is desirable. Those who can’t be updated will need to be removed as 
well. They have had plenty of time to switch to GTK+ 2.X now. We 
shouldn’t be struggling with GTK+ 1.2 while already planning the 
introduction of GTK+ 3. 

Thanks,
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