End user here: I found out about all this when I installed Debian 9 with the lxde desktop. Lxde brought in WiCD for wifi, which is fine, except when attempting

End user here: I found out about all this when I installed Debian 9 with the lxde desktop. Lxde brought in WiCD for wifi, which is fine, except when attempting to connect in a location with a very large number of Wifi connections available (anything over 70 different ones) it would not connect. Further investigation revealed a 'too much output' error from the iwlist scan command (this is from memory). Worked fine at home and in most of my usual 'third space' locations of course because way less than 70ish connections. Booting into a live USB with network-manager on it and googling lead to my discovery of the depreciation.