AW: DB V3 feature request

Hi Dmitry,

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Andres Petralli wrote:
> 
> AP> > a.b.c.d/xx
> AP> > a.b.c.d 255.255.255.X
> AP> > a.b.c.d - w.x.y.z
> AP> > 
> AP> > I do not care if the object created always contains:
> AP> > 
> AP> > a.b.c.d - w.x.y.z
> AP> > 
> AP> 
> AP> Absolutely! It makes no sense that ripe changed to this dashed-only
> AP> notation. I would also very much appreciate if at least the slashed
> AP> notation would be re-introduced. This kind of notation is much more
> AP> common than the other one!
> 
> AFAICC main problem with converting is that it should take place after
> PGP/GPG signature checks, but before validating and querying inetnum
> object from the DB...
> 
> Engin, am I right? ;-)


The real problem is the internal structs we use in the
software: they don't allow the programmer to change the object's text
representation easily. That's why it requires a biggish effort
to implement this.

Regards,

Engin Gunduz
RIPE NCC Database Group


> 
> Sincerely,
> D.Marck                                   [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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