[$] Debian discusses removing GTK 2 for forky
Date:
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:08:30 +0000
Description:
The Debian GNOME team would like to remove the GTK2 graphics
toolkit, which has been unmaintained upstream for more than five
years, and ship Debian14 ("forky") without it. As one might
expect, however, there are those who would like to find a way to keep
it. Despite its age and declared obsolescence, quite a few Debian
packages still depend on GTK2. Many of those applications are
unlikely to be updated, and users are not eager to give them
up. Discussion about how to handle this is ongoing; it seems likely
that Debian developers will find some way to continue supporting
applications that require GTK2, but users may have to look
outside official Debian repositories.
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Link to news story:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1051006/
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