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Replace jwhois package with whois for Fedora Workstation

Summary

Fedora Workstation product core group includes jwhois package. Replace it with whois package which is more actively developed.

Owner

Current status

Detailed Description

Fedora Workstation product core group includes jwhois package. Its last commit is from 2015. Users having issues with certain TLDs and the solution is usually manually editing the /etc/jwois.conf file. whois package is more actively maintained and doesn't have those issues.

Feedback

Benefit to Fedora

Users will have a better experience querying whois information for a domain.

Scope

  • Proposal owners:
  • Other developers:
  • 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), Yes/No


Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Release Notes