Re: "changed" field should be deleted

[Michael van Elst <]

On Fri, Jun 05, 1998 at 03:18:28PM +0200, Daniel Karrenberg wrote:
> 
> I agree that this needs attention.
> The whole changed: functionality should be reviewed.
> 
> I agree that a short term measure could be to suppress changed
> information unless explicitly requested. This would also allow
> us to check the whois query logs for those requesting it ...;-).
> Does anyone know if this would break any knows scripts or uses
> of the database?
> 
> Daniel

Hiding the changed: lines definitely breaks every system that keeps
_copies_ of the entries because it is impossible to update entries
from these copies without trashing the existing entries.

And if you make the changed: line availables optionally then those
who want to use addresses will quickly figure out how to get them.

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