Re: MBF: Removal of GTK2 from forky

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Le Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 09:15:01AM +0100, S=C3=A9bastien Noel a =C3=A9crit :
> Can't we keep GTK2 in the archive like src:gcc-3.3 was ?
> With no active development, just making sure it still builds.

I would love to keep the ability to install GTK2 libraries (both amd64 and =
i386)
=66rom Debian repositories. Many non-free Unity3D video games rely on a plu=
gin
named ScreenSelector.so to provide the user with display option (including
setting the main screen and the game window size), this plugin is linked
against GTK2.

A much better option would be a GTK2 =E2=86=92 GTK3 compatibility wrapper, =
like has
been done for SDL 1.2 =E2=86=92 SDL 2, but I don=E2=80=99t know of any such=
 wrapper.

Without a package in the archive or a compatibility wrapper, we can expect
a myriad of more-or-less hacky workarounds, leading to breakages due to user
mistakes.

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Short version: Please orphan GTK2 instead of removing it.

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