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Re: whois package
- From: Jonathan Kamens <jik at curl dot com>
- To: bradshaw at staff dot crosswalk dot com
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: 10 Dec 2001 15:47:59 -0500
- Subject: Re: whois package
- References: <911C684A29ACD311921800508B7293BA037D2891@cnmail>
> From: Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw@staff.crosswalk.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:22:40 -0500
>
> I got a couple of notes last week from Chris and Jonathan Kamens suggesting
> bw-whois as the package of choice, but no pro or con list.
Well, I gave you some pros and cons, but they focused on meta-issues
rather than on the actual functionality of the two packages. I
personally think it's easier to maintain a Perl script than a compiled
program, and I don't consider the ability to run in a "stripped down
cygwin" is terribly important, but I can see that other people might,
which is why I dropped the argument :-).
I doubt the functionality of bw-whois is so different from the GNU
package you mentioned that it makes much of a difference which one you
choose. So if you're willing to do the work, and you'd rather
maintain the GNU version, I think you should go for it.
jik