assign versus dbm in the new software

People,

	I have put the difference between assign and dbm in the new automatic
aliases as well. We now have:

auto-dbm	- similar to ripe-dbm, but automatic
auto-assign	- similar to assign, ie network objects that are already
		present wil be bounced, persons can be updated though.
		This to allow for tech-c and admin-c that need to be updated
		with these network numbers to simply go through.

deletes are accepted either way, but preferably though auto-dbm.
The software also supports the LONGACK string in the subject line of the mail
which indicates that you wish verbose output, ie at least a one line status
per object. Objects with warnings or errors will always be returned.

It seems we are almost ready for the cutover tomorrow. Be prepared for fast
and different looking acknowledgements ;-)

-Marten

PS It may happen that tomorrow some of the additional features of a database
update (such as the split version for anonymous ftp, the WAIS index, and the
cisco access-lists) might be a bit later. We have to track all the stuff we
currently have installed that has to do with the database, and transform
them. Almost the full staff will be in on the weekend (RIPE preparation) to
look after things in case it breaks (no of course it doesn;t)