F37 Change: Replace jwhois package with whois for Fedora Workstation (Self-Contained Change proposal)

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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
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