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kubuntu-meta (1.457) oracular; urgency=medium * Refreshed dependencies * Removed wireless-tools from desktop -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to ubuntu-meta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2068612 Title: Please remove wireless-tools from oracular Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in wireless-tools package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Wireless Extensions support in the kernel has been deprecated[1] for a long time now. wireless-tools[2] userspace utility should be removed. iw[3] is considered as the alternate. See page[4] for comparison between wireless-tools and iw. iw supports everything except deprecated Wireless-Extensions. See page[5] for replacing iwconfig with iw. $ reverse-depends wireless-tools Reverse-Recommends ================== * broadcom-sta-dkms * hw-probe * laptop-mode-tools * task-laptop * whereami Reverse-Depends =============== * aircrack-ng [amd64 ppc64el s390x] * kubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] * lubuntu-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el s390x] * vanilla-gnome-desktop [amd64 arm64 armhf ppc64el] Packages without architectures listed are reverse-dependencies in: amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, s390x $ reverse-depends -b wireless-tools Reverse-Build-Depends ===================== * networkd-dispatcher [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 [4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration/Wireless#iw_and_wireless_tools_comparison [5] https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/documentation/iw/replace-iwconfig To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/2068612/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
