[curt15]

Does gtk2 still have Debian maintainers? Whatever is in Debian's official repository is effectively endorsed by Debian. If they don't have enough capacity it's wiser to drop support than to sign off on something of unknown quality.

[dmz73]

I hate losing access to software just because it is "unmaintained". If module is "endorsed" now, since it is included in current version, and there is no maintenance, so no changes made to it, why is it suddenly not good enough to "endorse" in the future? No, security issues do not count as they don't magically appear, either they are in there now and debian is fine with distributing "insecure" code or they don't matter. Debian is fine with shipping broken version of software for years as long as they consider it "stable" so why drop working "stable" software just because no one is making changes to it?

[awakeasleep]

Losing access or losing convenient access that other people do work to maintain for you?

[dvfjsdhgfv]

It's not only about security (although that's extremely important) but also making the changes necessary to adapt to the changing ecosystem. Unmaintained means there is nobody responsible, nobody you can even contact to make the changes needed. If there is anyone, even an aging OS developer as in the case of many packages, it's so much better than none.

[BoredPositron]

the source is still there...