[db-wg] RIPE Database: Cleaning-up Organisation Names in "descr:"

Dear working group,

In answer to your question, let me ask the working group in return to take a decision by the end of the week.

> As a follow up:  Is "last-modified:" going to be updated?

If the working group prefers, we will update "last-modified:".

We did not intend to do so because this is a bulk change and not a *user* initiated change. This was always about 

> Will the "your objects got changed" mail be generated?

Initially the intention was that we wouldn't because the clean-up affects 93k objects, out of which 49k have a 'notify'. This can result in too many support questions, especially in this busy time just before the RIPE Meeting.

That said, we re-evaluated and we can send notifications, if we postpone the clean-up to a more quiet time. This implies that "descr:" remains maintained by RIPE NCC until then.

So, working group, please decide between the following:
a) Clean-up this Tuesday 17 May, with general announcement only
b) Clean-up on Thursday 2 June, with notifications, RS keeps enforcing "descr:" until then.

If option a is preferred we need to know this by Friday afternoon latest, so that we can prepare.

Kind regards,

Tim Bruijnzeels
Assistant Manager Software Engineering
RIPE NCC