GNOME Panel dropped in 11.10

[pecisk at gmail.com]

2011/5/5 Manish Sinha <manishsinha.tech at gmail.com>:
> On 05/05/2011 09:22 AM, Bilal Akhtar wrote:
>>
>> Hello there!
>>
>> As you've said, in Ubuntu 11.10 users will have the option to install
>> GNOME 3 + Shell instead of Unity. One thing to note is that GNOME Panel
>> hasn't died (yet), its still being actively developed as a GNOME Shell
>> fallback for systems with GPUs not being able to run GNOME Shell. GNOME
>> Panel 3 will be in the Ubuntu repositories in 11.10.
>
> Bilal, I don't think it will be maintained for a long time. Once they
> find that most of the people have migrated, they might stop maintaining
> it. AFAIK this is the plan. If you can get this cross-checked.

No, it is not the plan. Current GNOME Panel maitaner claimed that he
will support it as long as there will be neccessity. And bear in mind
that even if he drops towel, someone can take his place (not everyone
of course, but if there is enough need for that, someone will step
up).

Cheers,
Peter.