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Fredrik Widell
fredrik at sunet.se
Thu May 12 12:05:18 CEST 2005
On Wed, 11 May 2005, Rimas Janusauskas wrote: > > > Hi, > > IMHO preferable solution is to modify "changed:" attribute format: > changed: <e-mail address> > with automatically generated timestamp. > > Such modification also allows exclude errors like "changed:" > attribute order, updates with untouched "changed:" etc. Well.. I have had use of this feature, to be able to change objects without changing the changed-lines, when the ripe hostmasters wrongly changed a couple of thousand of our objects, several times a row. (during arin->ripe movements of old inetnums) So, I dont know, if ripe promise to behave, maybe this is a good thing. > > Best regards, > > Rimas Janusauskas, > Vilnius University Hostmaster > > > > On Wed, 11 May 2005, Shane Kerr wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:13:31 +0200 >> From: Shane Kerr <shane at ripe.net> >> To: Erics <EricS at t-com.net> >> Cc: db-wg at ripe.net >> Subject: Re: [db-wg] Whois changes >> >> Erics wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> i think this is a good idea. >>> The default output should show the last changed date. >>> This could be very helpful for LIRs. >>> >>> >> It is easy for users who need this information to get it -- add the "-B" >> flag to your query. Also, most users of the database are not LIRs. >> >> Relying on the "changed:" attribute to know when objects were updated >> has the problem that there is no error checking on it. A user can put >> almost any "changed:" value that they want. I could update my person >> object today to have this value: >> >> changed: ripe-dbm at ripe.net 19901215 >> >> I think in the past people have suggested a "reliable" timestamp on >> objects in the database, but other people have argued against it. >> >> One suggestion was to add an optional attribute with a reliable >> timestamp that would get generated by the database. This way, if it is >> there you can trust it, but if it is not then you must rely on >> "changed:" attributes or do without any information. >> >> -- >> Shane >> >> > -- Mvh /Fredrik ------------------------------------------------------- KTHNOC, KTH, S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden +46 8 790 65 17 -------------------------------------------------------
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