Re: Newest patches: ripe-dbase.2.0.3 available
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 13:49:58 +0200
Bedankt,
-- Carol
In message <9608191100.AA13022@localhost>,
David.Kessens writes:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> The latest release unexpectedly contained a serious flaw in the classless
>> database opening code. The problem was not found before putting things in
>> production due to a non-complete copy of one file into the test database
>> directory (my fault). The new database staff did some emergency measures
>> and consulted me on the phone (The moving company was just packing my
>> computers & modems ;-(). An older version was put back in production
>> which caused the reappearing of some (non fatal) bugs.
>>
>> I want to apologize for the inconvenience this has caused although I hope
>> that you also have some understanding:
>>
>> We were the last three weeks in the inconvenient position that we had to
>> put new code in production while not having the time for an appropriate
>> test period. Postponing the release was not a viable option since I was
>> leaving the RIPE NCC (In fact I already did two weeks ago...), the new
>> people first need some time to get up to speed, and I saw clear signs (in
>> the internals of the database) that we rather should handle fast then
>> slow with introducing the new software.
>>
>> I have prepared a new bug fixed version that also fixes a few other
>> problems (including some older bugs that were already present in the
>> previous release). This version runs now since friday afternoon on our
>> production machine (note the subtle change in the config file: the 'av'
>> attribute added in the 'OBJ an ATSQ' line). The code is available from:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/software/ripe-dbase.2.0.3.tar.gz
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> David K.
>> ---
