Re: MBF: Removal of GTK2 from forky
Jeremy Bícha <[email protected]> Thu, 8 Jan 2026 15:38:59 -0500
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On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 4:18=E2=80=AFAM Jonathan Dowland <[email protected]> w= rote: > > 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 B=C3=ADcha