Cannot connect to WEP network due to missing network input method

[dukat]

Binary package hint: plasma-widget-network-manager

This is a direct copy of my upstream bug report
Kubuntu Jauny 9.04 latest beta,
plasma-widget-network-manager 0.0+svn930811-0ubunutu2
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While WEP usage is deprecated, I still encounter many places with WEP
encryption only.

Mostly I cannot connect to these networks, as I can only enter the WEP hex key
or the WEP passphrase. All network I know only provide the WEP ASCII key (5/13
chars), which I cannot enter into the widget. Thus I cannot connect to these
networks.

The Gnome network manager applet provides the ASCII key option. Even under
Windows XP it is the default way of entering the network key (In fact, WEP
passphrase is not even supported in Windows XP)

[dukat (dukat)]

Normally I can directly link to the upstream project in Launchpad. Here I have problems and I don't know how to handle this. The upstream bug URL is
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189015

[dukat (dukat)]

I was informed that this is already fixed in the latest upstream SVN revision. Can the Kubuntu package be updated to that version before Jaunty final?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Fixed in Kubuntu 9.10.