on my opinion, I checked with 
pkgstats.[tab:1] So this isn’t just a distortion from my singular 
vantage point.

   While some projects are either dead (hexchat) or dormant/stalled 
(leafpad, gimp-nufraw), others are active (pidgin). Being in the first 
group is not making a package obsolete either, even if users should 
think about searching for alternatives.

   If all these packages are moved to AUR, what happens with the now 
unneeded gtk2 package?

Cheers, mpan

[tab:1] pkgstats results.
[WARNING: statistical data ahead! Values have to be interpreted with 
proper understanding of their meaning, context, and influences!]

Package           Popularity [%]
--------------------------------
steam-native-runti      12.84
calf                    12.04
hexchat                  5.30
pidgin                   5.30
nitrogen                 5.01
bless                    3.79
leafpad                  3.51
gimp-nufraw              2.65
mono-tools               2.12
gtk-chtheme              2.10
amsynth                  2.05
xboard                   1.82
eq10q                    1.79
gtk2fontsel              1.73
gkrellm                  1.62
parcellite               1.57
hexter                   1.28
xdialog                  1.18
trayer                   1.00
xlockmore                0.92
osdlyrics                0.71
alltray                  0.55
nspluginwrapper          0.50
gpsim                    0.46
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