[Bug 2132625] [NEW] openjdk-8 depends on gtk2

[Jeremy Bícha]

Public bug reported:

openjdk-8 has Build-Depends and Depends on gtk2.

The number of reverse depends for gtk2 is small enough that Ubuntu 26.04
LTS could ship without gtk2 if Archive Admins were ok with removing the
last packages. (gtk 3's first release was 15 years ago, and gtk2's final
release was 5 years ago, so gtk2 has been completely unmaintained
upstream for 5 years.)

I'm filing this bug early since I believe Canonical explicitly wants
openjdk-8 to still be available in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.

** Affects: openjdk-8 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Affects: openjdk-8 (Debian)
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown


** Tags: ftbfs resolute update-excuse

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1121358
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1121358

** Also affects: openjdk-8 (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1121358
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  openjdk-8 depends on gtk2

Status in openjdk-8 package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in openjdk-8 package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  openjdk-8 has Build-Depends and Depends on gtk2.

  The number of reverse depends for gtk2 is small enough that Ubuntu
  26.04 LTS could ship without gtk2 if Archive Admins were ok with
  removing the last packages. (gtk 3's first release was 15 years ago,
  and gtk2's final release was 5 years ago, so gtk2 has been completely
  unmaintained upstream for 5 years.)

  I'm filing this bug early since I believe Canonical explicitly wants
  openjdk-8 to still be available in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.

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