[db-wg] New bug fix release scheduled for 29 August

Dear Colleagues,

The changes outlined below are now deployed to the production RIPE 
Database service.

Regards
Denis Walker
Business Analyst
RIPE NCC Database Team


On 27/08/2013 16:46, Johan Åhlén wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> We have moved documentation for the RIPE Database WHOIS REST API out of
> the database software. It can be accessed at:
> https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/wiki/WHOIS-REST-API
>
> Given the benefits associated with generated documentation, we intend to
> look for another solution for this at a later stage.
>
> Since the last release there have been a number of issues reported
> regarding the REST API. As this is particularly important for users
> migrating from the old REST service to the new one, we have now
> addressed these issues in a bug fix release that we will put in
> production this week, ahead of the next major RIPE Database release. The
> issues addressed by this release are listed here:
> https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/issues?milestone=1&state=closed
>
> For users migrating from the old REST API, we have also created a
> migration guide that can be found at:
> https://github.com/RIPE-NCC/whois/wiki/WHOIS-REST-API-Migration-Guide
>
> The bug fix release is now available in TEST Database and we intend to
> upgrade the production database on Thursday evening, 29 August.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Johan Åhlén
> Assistant Manager Database
> RIPE NCC