ndisgtk/ndiswrapper on the install images

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

As part of the ongoing goal to remove python2 from the installation
media [1] ndisgtk was identified to still be using python2, pygtk and
python-glade2.

Are there plans to port ndisgtk to python3, pygi and gtkbuilder ?
Is ndisgtk still needed? Or can ubuntu-drivers-common take over this
functionality.

Would it be acceptable to drop the ndisgtk (GUI, not the command line
ndiswrapper-utils) from the install images?
The current instructions/documentation for ndiswrapper do list both
ndisgtk and command line way of installing windows drivers. [2]

I do want to question the need for ndiswrapper on the install media in
recent years: (i) given that all major computer manufacturers ship
ubuntu pre-installed and (ii) preferred way to get the windows driver
is over the network [2] (iii) and the steps to manually retrieve
windows drivers from a windows installation are harder to follow than
ndiswrapper command-line instructions.


[1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-r-python-versions
[2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper

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Regards,

Dmitrijs.