Bug#1126858: matlab-support: Remove Recommends: libgtk2.0-0t64

[Jeremy Bícha]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 8:31 AM Sébastien Villemot <sebastien at debian.org> wrote:
> I got in touch with them and it looks like they will remove the GTK 2
> dependency in the next MATLAB release (R2026a).

Great!

> > Because MATLAB is proprietary, paid software, it's possible for people
> > to only have a license to an older version, right? ☹️
>
> Yes, indeed. Licenses are typically tied to a given version (until you
> pay for upgrading).

This suggests that it would be good for the Debian GNOME team (or
similar team) to offer gtk2 in an extra apt archive if they succeed in
removing gtk2 from Testing.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha