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Re: RPM package for WHOIS


From: Alain Magloire
Subject: Re: RPM package for WHOIS
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 10:17:43 -0500 (EST)

> 
> On Feb 24, Oren Tirosh <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>  >BTW, I was surprised to see that the package description in the debian
>  >control file calls this package "The GNU whois client".  The GNU project's
>  >whois client is jwhois  http://www.gnu.org/software/jwhois/jwhois.html
> I'm surprised to hear that, because my program is going to be part of
> the next release of GNU inetutils.

You should bring this up to RMS.  He's the one who pointed out your
program for possible inclusion.  In general, the FSF tries to avoid
duplication, but that is not a rule, and you will find many maintainers
in (friendly) competition.

-- 
au revoir, alain
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Aussi haut que l'on soit assis, on est toujours assis que sur son cul !!!




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