Maybe a hint?

Posted Jan 15, 2026 13:09 UTC (Thu) by swilmet (subscriber, #98424)
In reply to: Maybe a hint? by wtarreau
Parent article: Debian discusses removing GTK 2 for forky

> So actually the problem might be the newer versions themselves if programs don't adopt them for that long.

As the maintainer of several GTK 3 apps (including gedit), this is definitely true. GTK 4 has removed features without replacements. So I either need to re-implement some lower-level stuff, or I need to change the UI/UX.

For one app (Enter TeX), I don't want to change the classic menubar/toolbars UI, and with GTK 4 a classic menubar has less features. So for that app I'm stuck with GTK 3 (or I would need to create my own menubar widget, a bit silly if you ask me).

Anyway, most of the funding I received is from the Microsoft Store where GTK is bundled with the app, so I can still depend on GTK 3 "forever". (Similar to Ardour depending on GTK 2).