[routing-wg]Representation of four byte AS numbers.

On 20/10/2008, at 15:16, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:

> Hi Rob,
>
> Gert Doering wrote:
> [...]
>> I've asked the routing- and DB-WG chairs to send a "heads up" to  
>> their
>> respective working groups, so that interested parties can  
>> participate in
>> the discussion (if needed), and because it will also need an  
>> implementation
>> change in the RIPE DB software.
>
> I presume this will end up as a task for the RIPE NCC for our region.
>
> But... Just as a reminder or marker - who or which group is expected
> to update the (relevant) tools these days?

I am guessing that would be their respective maintainers or, for full  
open source projects, whoever implements the necessary changes.
For instance, the IRRToolset is currently a community project, with  
some resource backing to ensure regular integration of patches  
submitted by contributors (see http://irrtoolset.isc.org/ for details)

> And, do we have an common
> understanding of the term "relevant" in this context? :-)
>

i think this is a classical feedback loop :-)

Joao