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== 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 ==