Gnome-shell is still in universe, not in main. That is the reason for the installation behaviour for now. See this [MIR] report (1685870) for details: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1685870
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688169 Title: artful fresh install is missing gnome-shell / ubuntu-gnome-desktop Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: artful fresh install is missing gnome-shell / ubuntu-gnome-desktop Seems to install Unity7 alone. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/1688169/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp