[db-wg] problems observed for - Re: Release 1.88 deployed to RC

Hello Ruediger,

It appears we just crossed paths. I sent you a reply to the ticket you opened earlier.

As explained in my other message, the data that is available in the Release Candidate is refreshed periodically, but certainly not with every release. 
The data that is currently in RC is at east several months old, which could explain the differences you are seeing.

We will also make sure that we update the page with the expected release date of the Release Candidate as soon as we can.

My sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused. 

Kind regards,

Alex Band

> On 7 Oct 2016, at 12:59, Ruediger Volk, Deutsche Telekom Technik - FMED-41.. <rv at NIC.DTAG.DE> wrote:
> 
> Hi Tim, dear colleagues,
> 
>> Dear working group,
>> 
>> We have released whois version 1.88 to the Release Candidate (RC)
>> environment. We plan to deploy this version to production on Monday 10
>> October.
> 
> did anyone else ALSO observe and report problems from testing with the 
> release candidate?
> We reported problems and added some related questions.
> The ticket number is NCC#2016100974 and after 24 hours we have not 
> received any response and the ticket system does not document any NCC
> activety.
> 
> With no response on reported problems I have to conclude that unresolved
> issues with 1.88 are known and deployment has to be postponed.
> 
> We would have preferred to do the testing earlier - but as far as I know
> there has been no advance information for 1.88 scheduling.
> The release note page was showing TBD in all fields for 1.88
> days after RC deployment at least until Monday Oct 3rd (actually
> seems the update only happened Tuesday - potentially due to a comment
> I posted over the weekend)
> I previously pointed out that advance notice of rough schedule 
> should be given in order to allow interested user parties to anticipate
> related activeties (such as testing) in their own (potentially tight)
> schedules - I think that argument contributed to including a field
> for planned RC deployment date on the release note/overview page.
> With surprise notice of RC availability on Thursday afternoon
> during turn of the month business activety peak days (and for our
> team a long weekend extending to Monday) did not offer a serious chance
> for early testing.
> 
> Looking forward to responses on the reported problems and questions
> (i.e actual handling of the open ticket), and public announcement
> of rescheduled deployment taking into account resolution of open
> issues and sufficient time to assess problems/resolution.
> 
> Best regards,
>  Ruediger
> 
> 
> Ruediger Volk
> 
> Deutsche Telekom AG -- Internet Backbone Engineering
> 
> E-Mail:  rv at NIC.DTAG.DE
> 
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