#1151694 chemtool: Remove from Debian?

Package:
src:chemtool
Source:
src:chemtool
Submitter:
Jeremy Bícha
Date:
2026-10-23 08:09:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1151694#5
Date:
2026-10-23 05:45:57 UTC
From:
To:
I would like to remove chemtool from Debian. Its last upstream release
was in 2013. It uses gtk2 which is being removed from Debian.

As an alternative, I suggest that ChemCanvas could be packaged for
Debian. It uses python3-pyqt5.

- https://github.com/ksharindam/chemcanvas
- https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.ksharindam.chemcanvas

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha