Gnome and 9.n (Does SuSE care?)

I note that on the SuSE web page, the latest versions of Gnome are for SuSE 9.0. (1) Is there available a version of Gnome (2.6 or 2.8) that is suitable for installation under 9.1? (2) Does the current handling of Gnome updates portend for the future of Gnome and SuSE (except, of course, insofar as Ximian offers it)?? dj tuchler