Re: Module Proposal: GNOME Shell

[William Jon McCann <william jon mccann gmail com>]

Hi Ross,

On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Ross Burton <ross burtonini com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 23:57 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
>> > maintained for people without the correct hardware support. As of now,
>> > all intel, amd/ati and nvidia cards sold in the last five years should
>>
>>
>> I don't believe that is correct for any of the listed vendors even on
>> Linux. On BSD the situation is even more patchy.
>>
>> Is Gnome dropping support for these operating systems ?
>
> "The gnome-panel will still be available in GNOME 3.0 and will still be
> maintained for people without the correct hardware support"

I think it is better to say: GNOME 2 will still be available after
GNOME 3 is released.  Perhaps in long term stable maintenance mode.

http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/FAQ#What_led_to_the_decision_to_make_3D_acceleration_a_requirement_for_GNOME_Shell.3F


Thanks,
Jon