Public bug reported: Please consider removing ndiswrapper from Ubuntu groovy. ndiswrapper enables the use of Windows XP wireless drivers, and broadly speaking this means that it only supports relatively old wireless hardware. I don't have any information about how many installs we see of ndiswrapper packages, but if the volume of bug reports is any indication then it is not widely used. In fact, most of the reported bugs in the past several years are reports from the kernel team of build failures in autopkgtest with new upstream kernels.
The upstream project is no longer under development and receives minimal maintenance. There have only been a couple of commits each year for the past several years [1], and the most recent update to fix the build with newer kernels even comments that the changes were only build tested [2]. reverse-depends reports no binary or source dependencies for the package. [1] https://github.com/pgiri/ndiswrapper/commits/master/ndiswrapper [2] https://github.com/pgiri/ndiswrapper/commit/a3539e0e06ce88b605c3f0efa61461b1ebbcf3db ** Affects: ndiswrapper (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1888314 Title: Remove ndiswrapper from Ubuntu groovy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ndiswrapper/+bug/1888314/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
