[db-wg] Proposal to remove "referral-by" attribute in "mntner" object or make it optional
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Job Snijders
job.snijders at hibernianetworks.com
Tue Mar 18 12:46:14 CET 2014
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 05:51:49PM +0100, Denis Walker wrote: > I think this may be a bit over cautious for this object type. When none of the other participants in this thread have objections to a 'fast phase-out', I will not persue a more cautious approach for this attribute. :-) > The MNTNER object is not created, update or queried as often as > operational data. And it is one of the least likely objects to be > subject to automated scripts creating or querying & fully parsing it. > Because of the hidden password hash, most MNTNER objects can only be > fully accessed by an authenticated lookup in Webupdates. This takes > care of issues surrounding a missing, previously mandatory, > attribute. I agree. > So for this object maybe we can: > > -drop referral-by to an optional attribute with warning if used. Of > course it will follow our now standard deployment process. > -send the reminders to the DB WG after 1 and 2 months > -deprecate the attribute fully after 2 months Would it be possible to monitor the amount of creations/updates to MNTER objects which contain a 'referral-by' attribute from the moment the attribute becomes optional and generates soft warning? Kind regards, Job -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 873 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/attachments/20140318/d26814f0/attachment.sig>
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