[db-wg] improve --list-sources query to retain history

Hi Erik,

the current version history implementation does not return the deleted object history to protect the personal data of a previous resource holder.

There has been previous discussion by the Working Group to change this, and there is a work item in progress: NWI-2 "displaying history for DB objects where available".

Regards
Ed Shryane
RIPE NCC



> On 28 Aug 2018, at 09:27, Erik Bais via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> If the WG is going to look at improving the --list-sources code base, I have something that I would love to see on the wish list to be implemented..  
> 
> Maintaining history (upto the point where a prefix is leaving the RIPE DB, due to an inter-rir transfer. ) is helpful to see who the previous holder was or where the prefix came from.  
> 
> This is particular the case with Legacy prefixes that are being split up.. as it is current practise to delete the parent prefix after a prefix split and transfer.  
> Once the parent is deleted, you can't list or request the history of the parent prefix anymore.  
> 
> If the historic --list-versions and --show-version could be preserved somehow (on the original prefix size.. instead of them being deleted..), that would be very helpful.  
> 
> Regards,
> Erik Bais 
>