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Revision as of 01:19, 20 November 2023
Wget2 as wget
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
Summary
Replace wget with wget2 (a modern implementation of wget intended to replace wget 1.x) as the provider of wget.
Owner
- Name: Neal Gompa, Michal Ruprich
- Email: ngompa13@gmail.com, mruprich@redhat.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora Linux 40
- Last updated: 2023-11-20
- [<will be assigned by the Wrangler> devel thread]
- FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
- Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
Detailed Description
GNU Wget2 is the successor to GNU Wget providing a modern implementation of wget backed by a new library: libwget2. The intent to switch from wget 1.x to wget2 is to switch to an implementation that is more actively developed and provides a richer interface for leveraging wget's functionality.
Feedback
Benefit to Fedora
The major benefit of switching to wget2 is leveraging the cleaner codebase that leverages modern practices for development and maintainability, including unit tests and fuzzing as a security-sensitive component. Users will also see better support for newer protocols over time as they are more easily and quickly plumbed into wget2 than wget.
Scope
- Proposal owners: Add a
wget2-wgetsubpackage that replaces
wget
- Other developers: N/A
- Release engineering: #11790
- Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)
- Alignment with Community Initiatives: N/A (not needed for this Change)
Upgrade/compatibility impact
When upgrading to Fedora Linux 40, systems with 
wgetwget2-wget package. The change should be mostly transparent to users.
How To Test
Users can test wget2 command. The interface will be the interface users have with wget on upgrade.
User Experience
This change should be largely transparent to users. Some of the more esoteric options and behaviors may have changed, but the commonly used ones mostly work as they did in 1.x.
Dependencies
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Contingency Plan
- Contingency mechanism: Change owners will disable
wget2-wgetsubpackage and restorewget - Contingency deadline: Final Freeze
- Blocks release? No
Documentation
The main documentation for wget2(1) man page. There is also online documentation of the libwget2 library.
N/A (not a System Wide Change)
Release Notes
The wget command is now based on GNU Wget2, a modern implementation of GNU Wget.