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Nick Hilliard
nick at inex.ie
Fri Oct 23 18:31:35 CEST 2015
all looks good to me. Nick On 23/10/2015 15:38, Shane Kerr wrote: > Tim, > > On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:23:02 +0200 > Tim Bruijnzeels <tim at ripe.net> wrote: > >> Implementation proposal: >> ======================== >> >> = Change "descr:" to an 'optional multiple' attribute > > Makes sense. > >> Technically this change is not hard to do on the server side, but can >> impact users of the database because there may be no "descr:" >> attribute, and this can affect parsers. > > Yes. > >> Because this can have an impact on automated systems the RIPE NCC >> will announce this change ncc-announce at ripe.net, and use a longer >> week staging period in the Release Candidate environment allowing >> users to test and update their systems. > > Reasonable, although I'm sure most users will discover this only after > the first object without a "descr:" attribute appears and their scripts > explode in colorful ways. ;) > >> = Clean up existing "descr:" attributes where RIPE NCC enforced the >> organisation name >> >> The RIPE NCC will remove the "descr:" attributes that it has been >> enforcing. > > I have no strong preference here. I don't see a huge motivation for the > removal, but I'm not against this. > >> = Add "descr:" to allocation object editor in LIR Portal >> >> So that LIRs can edit this themselves. > > Makes sense. > >> = Stop setting the "descr:" on new allocations or assignments done by >> the RIPE NCC >> >> We will leave "descr:" blank. It can be edited by the LIR or end-user >> later. > > Presumably a blank "descr:" does not get added to the object? > > Cheers, > > -- > Shane > -- Network Ability Ltd. | Chief Technical Officer | Tel: +353 1 5313339 52 Lower Sandwith St | INEX - Internet Neutral | Dublin 2, Ireland | Exchange Association | Email: nick at inex.ie
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