irt object being returned by default [was: Re: [db-wg] ASN32 deployment]

Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:
> Marco d'Itri wrote:
>> On Jan 02, Denis Walker <denis at ripe.net> wrote:
>>> This morning, between 07:00 and 09:00 (UTC), we deployed new
>>> software for the RIPE Database. Three changes were made:
>> What happened to the planned changes about when irt objects are returned?
>>
> it is - as a 1st step - already being returned by default for web-queries.

Which just does a local "whois -- <quote-escaped options>" and formats
it in a pretty way.

> Just go to www.ripe.net and do a database lookup for e.g. 131.130/16 in the
> Database Search box, top right corner.

That trick works at the moment only when the object has a direct IRT
object related to it. Take for instance 2001:7b8:300::/48 and it won't
return it, unless you add the -c option. Which is prolly why you said
'1st step' as that will be the 2nd step. But the 1st step has already
been in place for quite some time afaik...

> Btw, to everyone just reading along :-)
> This lookup interface is pretty cool as it does support including your
> favourity whois flags like -T, -r and friends in the lookup key entry-box!

IMHO the cool part is the "Advanced" box so that one can select the
flags and construct a query, allowing me to forget all those options ;)

Greets,
 Jeroen

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