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[John Gilmore <876107@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

I hate Unity and am only interested in running new Ubuntu's if I can
install gnome.

The release notes here:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/ReleaseNotes?action=show&redirect=OneiricOcelot%2FTechnicalOverview

say:

  GNOME 3.2 is included and is a major upgrade from GNOME 2.32 included
in Ubuntu 11.04. GNOME Classic is no longer installed by default, but
can be enabled after installation completes by installing gnome-panel

THIS IS FALSE.   It's easy to reproduce.  While running the Live image
(desktop-i386) from USB stick, I got this result:

 apt-get install gnome-panel
 Reading package lists... Done
 Building dependency tree       
 Reading state information... Done
 Package gnome-panel is not available, but is referred to by another package.
 This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
 is only available from another source

 E: Package 'gnome-panel' has no installation candidate

The same result occurs whether or not I have run "apt-get update".

To Fix:

(1)  Make gnome-panel installable from the repos.
   AND/OR
(2)  Change the release notes so that they don't tell people to do things that fail.

Best of all would be:
(3)  Quit with the Not-Invented-Here attitude, don't force the Unity crud on everyone; make a simple way to delete
Unity and install Gnome by default (or merely INSTALL it by default, next to Unity, and let people pick it in the login screen).

** Affects: gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  relnotes in 11.10 say to install gnome-panel but it doesn't install

Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I hate Unity and am only interested in running new Ubuntu's if I can
  install gnome.

  The release notes here:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/ReleaseNotes?action=show&redirect=OneiricOcelot%2FTechnicalOverview

  say:

    GNOME 3.2 is included and is a major upgrade from GNOME 2.32
  included in Ubuntu 11.04. GNOME Classic is no longer installed by
  default, but can be enabled after installation completes by installing
  gnome-panel

  THIS IS FALSE.   It's easy to reproduce.  While running the Live image
  (desktop-i386) from USB stick, I got this result:

   apt-get install gnome-panel
   Reading package lists... Done
   Building dependency tree       
   Reading state information... Done
   Package gnome-panel is not available, but is referred to by another package.
   This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
   is only available from another source

   E: Package 'gnome-panel' has no installation candidate

  The same result occurs whether or not I have run "apt-get update".

  To Fix:

  (1)  Make gnome-panel installable from the repos.
     AND/OR
  (2)  Change the release notes so that they don't tell people to do things that fail.

  Best of all would be:
  (3)  Quit with the Not-Invented-Here attitude, don't force the Unity crud on everyone; make a simple way to delete
  Unity and install Gnome by default (or merely INSTALL it by default, next to Unity, and let people pick it in the login screen).

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