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.

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