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> Updated graphical toolkit (GTK3) for modern desktop usage. Are distros going to drop GTK2 now?

• progmetaldev 2y ago
  Unless they are focused on decreasing bloat, I don't think that this will happen. There are lots of utilities and other software that still uses GTK2. I doubt that GIMP was the last tool left to prevent dropping GTK2. I found this from ArchLinux, search for "gtk 2": https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Uniform_look_for_Qt_and_GTK_applications https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Uniform_look_for_Qt_and_GTK... Plus you can search for "GTK 2" dependencies. Some sites seem hopeful to move to GTK 4, while others wish they could move to 3, and some talk about upcoming 5.
  • stuaxo 2y ago
    Without GIMP using it any more releases is unlikely.
• TingPing 2y ago
  Debian and RHEL already did.
  • badsectoracula 2y ago
    I don't know about RHEL but gtk2 is still in Debian unstable[0]. A reverse dependency search shows 340 packages relying on it (200 direct dependencies). [0] https://packages.debian.org/sid/libgtk2.0-0t64 https://packages.debian.org/sid/libgtk2.0-0t64
    • Lammy 2y ago
      And FreeBSD Ports has 434 extant ports which depend on it https://www.freshports.org/x11-toolkits/gtk20/ https://www.freshports.org/x11-toolkits/gtk20/
    • TingPing 2y ago
      Hmm, there have been discussions about doing it, but I guess they are moving slowly.
• creatonez 2y ago
  The more interesting thing is that GIMP 3 has allowed distros to drop Python 2 completely. Fedora has done it recently.