Please remove wireless-tools from oracular

[Steve Langasek]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 01:06:34PM +0200, Ravi Kant Sharma wrote:
> Hi Release team,

> I have raised an MP. Please let me know if there is a way to test the
> change.

> https://code.launchpad.net/~ravi-sharma/ubuntu-seeds/+git/ubuntu-seeds/+merge/467528

This is merged, and I've updated the flavor metapackages for this change.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
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> I am planning to write a short discourse post on
> https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/foundations/25 and send a message on
> #ubuntu-flavors.
> 
> Cheers!
> Ravi
> 
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 7:23 AM Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Ravi,
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 12:13:18PM +0200, Ravi Kant Sharma wrote:
> > > 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
> >
> > In this case I think that process is unnecessary, since this isn't about
> > adding a package but rather replacing one package with another for the same
> > functionality.
> >
> > (Though it's still best that flavors be informed about this change.)
> >
> > The next step would be for you to raise an MP against the platform seeds.
> >
> > --
> > Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
> > Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
> > Ubuntu Developer                                   https://www.debian.org/
> > slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
> >
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