Is it intentional that wslu is not installed by default with Ubuntu 22.04?

[vbrozik]

Background Information:

• Build: any
• WSL: Ubuntu 22.04

Describe the bug

1. wslu is not installed any more by default with Ubuntu 22.04 for WSL.
2. The documentation does not mention the change: https://wslutiliti.es/wslu/install.html#ubuntu

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• Install WSL with Ubuntu 22.04 and check the presence of the package:

$ dpkg -l wslu
dpkg-query: no packages found matching wslu

• Check the dependencies of the package ubuntu-wsl which caused installation of wslu in older versions.
  https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/ubuntu-wsl

Expected behavior
Such a useful package for WSL like wslu should still be installed by default.

Additional context
Changelog of ubuntu-wsl with the package removal:
http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/u/ubuntu-meta/ubuntu-meta_1.481/changelog

[vbrozik]

Finally I was able to find the commit(s). The removal of wslu was done in two steps - for Ubuntu 21.10 and 22.04:

• ubuntu-meta 1.470, 2021-06-08 for Ubuntu 21.10 - removal for targets armhf ppc64el riscv64 s390x
  • https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/commit/?h=ubuntu/jammy&id=e84f8358d8e78cb4a38fe65dcaf5d27808dd7c4e
• ubuntu-meta 1.474, 2022-01-29 for Ubuntu 22.04 - removal for targets amd64 arm64
  • https://git.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/commit/?h=ubuntu/jammy&id=c846724c7d249e0ff6d3a38a6a91468794e910eb

Unfortunately I still have no idea how such changes are decided on in Ubuntu. Searching for wsl or wslu in the bug-tracker returns no results: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta Do you know where I can follow the decision process of changes in Ubuntu?

I have asked a question about the decision process on Ask Ubuntu: How to find a reason for a change in Ubuntu? (example: removal of package wslu from the default installation)

[patrick330602]

Since I have left Canonical last year, currently it's Canonical's decision on changing the meta packages and I have no control over it. If you want to install for 22.04, you can install it via PPA right now.

[ggirard07]

New user here... I think documentation should be update at least as it is quite misleading for new user, reading it is installed by default while actually it is not.

[patrick330602]

New user here... I think documentation should be update at least as it is quite misleading for new user, reading it is installed by default while actually it is not.

You are right... I am updating the document now

[vbrozik]

Thank you, I see that the documentation is fixed now.
https://wslutiliti.es/wslu/install.html#ubuntu

Starting from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu on WSL no longer bundled with Ubuntu on WSL.