F37 Change: Replace jwhois package with whois for Fedora Workstation (Self-Contained Change proposal)
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Replace_jwhois_with_whois_in_Fedora_W...
== Summary == Fedora Workstation product core group includes `jwhois` package. Replace it with `whois` package which is more actively developed.
== Detailed Description == `Fedora Workstation product core` group includes `jwhois` package. Its last commit is [http://www.gnu.org/software/jwhois/ from 2015]. Users having issues with certain TLDs and the solution is usually manually editing the `/etc/jwois.conf` file. `whois` package is [https://github.com/rfc1036/whois more actively maintained] and doesn't have those issues.
== Benefit to Fedora == Users will have a better experience querying `whois` information for a domain.
== Scope == * Proposal owners: * Other developers: * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issues #Releng issue number] * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change) * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) * Alignment with Objectives:
== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
== How To Test == * Run `rpm -q --whatprovides whois` * It should print `whois-*`
== User Experience ==
== Dependencies ==
== Contingency Plan == * Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change) * Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change) * Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change),
== Documentation ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
== Release Notes ==
On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 10:08:35AM -0400, Ben Cotton wrote:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Replace_jwhois_with_whois_in_Fedora_W... == How To Test ==
- Run `rpm -q --whatprovides whois`
- It should print `whois-*`
How will the replacement be implemented? Will existing installations be upgraded?
Zbyszek
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Ben Cotton -
Oğuz Ersen -
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek