https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Replace_jwhois_with_whois_in_Fedora_Workstation
== 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 == -- Ben Cotton He / Him / His Fedora Program Manager Red Hat TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis _______________________________________________ devel-announce mailing list -- devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-announce-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
