Palantir: Workbench Moderation moves into Drupal core 8.2

Palantir announces that the Workbench Moderation subsystem, which was quite a useful contrib module  in D7 and D8.1, will become part of Drupal Core.
Moving Workflow into core removes some obstacles to full functionality, though I must say Workbench worked pretty well before.
If you don't know Workbench, check out its ability to support a complex editorial process, with various levels of access control.

https://www.palantir.net/podcast/secret-sauce-ep-30-state-workbench-drupal-8