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Date: 10 Dec 2001 15:47:59 -0500
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From: Jonathan Kamens <jik AT curl DOT com>
To: bradshaw AT staff DOT crosswalk DOT com
CC: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
In-reply-to: <911C684A29ACD311921800508B7293BA037D2891@cnmail> (message from
	Mark Bradshaw on Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:22:40 -0500)
Subject: Re: whois package
References:  <911C684A29ACD311921800508B7293BA037D2891 AT cnmail>

>  From: Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw AT staff DOT crosswalk DOT 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