# Stagnant upstream with latest release from 2016, python2-only, no maintainer # in Gentoo, no notable ebuild action in years, multiple bugs open. Blocks # pygtk removal. # Switch to alternatives such as, # net-misc/connman, net-misc/dhcpcd, net-misc/netifrc, net-misc/NetworkManager # and so on. Removal in ~90 days. #707900, #634796, #644540, #608098
Please don't remove that package. There is no alternative that allows pre- and post scripts. In all the years that I use wireless lan, I did not find any other package that has this feature and are, on the other hand, that rock stable than wicd.
Note, that there is a python 3 fork of the project: https://github.com/zeph/wicd
I request also don't remove wicd client in any case. There is no one network manager that has a system tray icon for Awesome WM. It could be a NetworkManager + nm-applet, but applet developer forces you to install packages from Gnome together. NetworkManager pulls a bunch of junk. Connman + connman-gtk not working due dbus. Therefore I will not migrate.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=76cd886dac168af05cacd5f6d6aae790583fce27 commit 76cd886dac168af05cacd5f6d6aae790583fce27 Author: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-05-05 07:18:38 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-05-05 07:24:03 +0000 net-misc/wicd: remove package Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/708316 Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> net-misc/wicd/Manifest | 3 - .../wicd-1.7.2.4-fix-desktop-categories.patch | 20 --- ...d-1.7.3-add-missing-gnome-shell-extension.patch | 39 ------ .../wicd/files/wicd-1.7.3-bitrate-property.patch | 19 --- .../wicd/files/wicd-1.7.3-undefined-LANG.patch | 24 ---- net-misc/wicd/files/wicd-1.7.3-urwid-1.3.0.patch | 15 -- net-misc/wicd/files/wicd-init-sve-start.patch | 10 -- net-misc/wicd/metadata.xml | 20 --- net-misc/wicd/wicd-1.7.4-r3.ebuild | 153 --------------------- profiles/package.mask | 9 -- 10 files changed, 312 deletions(-)