Deletion of German domains

> > > No, this is a working agreement about technical details. It
> > > is based on the community consensus that domain related
> > > information (excluding reverse delegations) should be moved
> > > from the RIPE Database to the respective ccTLD databases.
> >
> > Fair enough, but community consensus must be recorded.  Was
> > this consensus achieved at RIPE 36 and we're still waiting for
> > the relevant minutes?
>
> Frankly, I don't see what the great fuss is about, Mike.

No great fuss, Håvard, just a request for a reminder of the
original action point leading to this operational change.
Andrei has now provided this.

>
> I think this has been discussed in the CENTR arena, and if I'm
> not mistaken there's been developed a consensus between the RIPE
> NCC and the CENTR folks for the preferred way forward.  The RIPE
> DB's primary purpose isn't to serve as a repository for domain
> objects and related person objects -- I have for a long time had
> the impression that this has been rather obvious, and that a
> better solution for all parties would be preferable (less work
> for the CC registries to maintain the RIPE DB data, tighter
> coupling to the underlying registry database, costs for running
> the system where they can be accounted for, etc. etc.)

Indeed, and this has been raised in the db-wg many times in the
past, even in pre-CENTR days.  It would make sense if other CC
registries could adopt the practice of .nl, .no, .de etc when
it comes to providing a database of their registered domains and
ancillary data.

Regards.

Mike