Re: Whois using these ARIN services?? (fwd: Consultation on the Future of ARIN’s Directory Services)

[Andy Newton via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On 8/17/26 4:11 PM, Matt Corallo via NANOG wrote:
> >   Compiling icann-rdap-cli v0.0.31 (/home/sthomas/src/icann-rdap/icann-rdap-cli)
> >      Building [=======================> ] 539/545: rdap-srv-data(bin),
> > rdap-test(bin), rdap(bin), rdap-srv(bin)
> Its one thing to write something in Rust, its something entirely different to have FIVE HUNDRED AND 
> FOURTY FIVE DEPENDENCIES. In what world is that even remotely acceptable for modern software that 
> people might want to use in production environments.

If you look closely, he didn't just compile the client. Also, that client does A LOT more than a typical WHOIS client. 
This is an apples-to-oranges comparison.

The users manual is here: https://icann.github.io/icann-rdap/rdap-cli-tools/cli-client/
It includes instructions on how to get pre-built binaries and pointers to packages.

As was stated upthread, there are plenty of RDAP clients and plenty pre-packaged:
https://pkgs.org/search/?q=rdap

-andy
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