The developers behind the GNOME project have gathered in the Netherlands this week for the annual GUADEC conference. During a meeting that took place at the event, the GNOME release team made the difficult decision to delay the launch of GNOME 3, the next major version of the popular open source desktop environment.

The new version has been deemed unready for mass consumption and will need another round of refinements before it can achieve the level of maturity and robustness that is expected by the software’s users. Although the news will likely disappoint some enthusiasts, it is consistent with the GNOME development community’s conservative approach to release management and strong emphasis on predictability.

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GNOME 3 not ready yet, release pushed back to 2011