Please remove wireless-tools from oracular
Ravi Kant Sharma
ravi.kant.sharma at canonical.com
Wed Jun 12 10:13:18 UTC 2024
Hello,
Wireless Extensions support in the kernel has been deprecated[1] for a long
time now. wireless-tools[2] userspace utility should be removed from the
archive.
It is seeded in desktop-common
https://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu-seeds/+git/platform/tree/desktop-common#n46
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnl3 is considered as a replacement
for libiw-dev (wireless-tools), it already in main.
iw[3] is considered as the alternate for wireless-tools utilities. I think
we can introduce it as a replacement.
I am following the instructions here
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeedManagement/AddingPackagesToDesktopCommon
* What is the purpose of this package? What does it do and why is it
important to include this by default? Is there a user-facing impact of
including this package by default?
iw is the userspace utility for configuring wireless devices. It will be
nice to include by default in absence of wireless-tools utilities.
* How long has this package been in Main? Are there any open CVEs or high
(or greater) priority bugs, or any other known issues with it?
iw was introduced to main in Precise Pangolin. There are no open CVEs or
high (or greater) priority bugs.
* Who takes responsibility for this package and what is the best way to
contact them?
desktop team (https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages) is subscribed to the
package. You can contact them on email -
desktop-packages at lists.launchpad.net or ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
Here is the bug for removing wireless-tools from the archive for reference
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wireless-tools/+bug/2068612
Cheers!
Ravi
[1]
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/wireless-extensions
[2] https://hewlettpackard.github.io/wireless-tools/Tools.html
[3] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw
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