Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by default?

From	Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by default?
Date	2024-06-13 20:00 +0200
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The "whois" package has "Priority: standard".

According to the Debian policy[*]:

  standard

    These packages provide a reasonably small but not too limited
    character-mode system. This is what will be installed by default
    if the user doesn’t select anything else. It doesn’t include many
    large applications.

    Two packages that both have a priority of standard or higher must
    not conflict with each other.

[*] https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html

So, why isn't this package installed by default?

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Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by  default? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-06-13 20:00 +0200
  Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by  default? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-06-13 20:50 +0200
    Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by default? Javier Barroso <javibarroso@gmail.com> - 2024-06-13 22:20 +0200
      Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by  default? Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-06-14 01:50 +0200
  Re: Why isn't the "whois" package (Priority: standard) installed by  default? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-06-13 20:50 +0200

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