> That's why just continuing with Gnome 2 was a non-starter. There wasn't enough time to maintain the existing Gnome 2, but there was enough time to create an

> That's why just continuing with Gnome 2 was a non-starter. There wasn't enough time to maintain the existing Gnome 2, but there was enough time to create an entirely new desktop environment? I don't think that's possible. The reason Gnome 2 was a non-starter was because developing a new DE is a lot of fun, and maintaining an old DE is not. It's their choice, of course, but let's not pretend that abandoning Gnome 2 was anything other than a desire to work on something new.