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Re: Dropping GNOME Classic from the default install

 

Agreed


On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Jeremy Bicha <jbicha@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think we should drop GNOME Classic from the default install for
> Ubuntu GNOME 13.04. I added it for 12.10 because I figured it didn't
> take too much space and would be a nice feature for those that like
> the old style.
>
> Now that GNOME is removing "fallback" support from
> gnome-settings-daemon and elsewhere for 3.8, I think it's likely that
> GNOME Classic won't exist in the next LTS, Ubuntu 14.04. I think that
> if we continue to ship it by default that we'll give users a false
> impression that GNOME Classic is supportable in future releases.
>
> Users who like the classic style should either continue with Ubuntu
> 12.04 LTS, or use GNOME Shell extensions to get a similar feel. See
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/685744 for some of the discussion about
> those extensions.
>
> Jeremy
>
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