[db-wg] ASn32-compliant RIPE Database software available

[Katie Petrusha katie@localhost]

[Apologies for duplicates]

Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE NCC has updated its database software to support the new ASN32
objects.

As you may be aware, studies of Autonomous System Number (ASN)
consumption rates show that the existing pool of unallocated 2-byte ASNs
will run out somewhere between 2010 and 2014.

>From 1 January 2007, it will be possible to request 32-bit ASNs (ASN32
objects). You can find the policy on these 4-byte ASNs at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-389.html

Although the first of these will not appear in the RIPE Database until
the start of next year, the revised code is available to download for
testing purposes from:

http://www.ripe.net/db/cvs-bugzilla.html

(CVS branch name: asn32_changes_fixed)

You can also find the list of modified files at the end of this mail.

If you have any questions about this, please e-mail sw-bugs@localhost

Regards,

--
Katie Petrusha
Software Engineer
RIPE NCC

List of changed files in RIPE whois software:
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src/defs/variants/RIPE/syntax.xml
src/defs/variants/RIPE/classes.xml
defs/variants/RIPE/attributes.xml
all the lex/yacc parser files
wk/which_keytypes.c
wk/which_keytypes.h
src/modules/ln/lu_whois.c
src/modules/qi/query_instructions.c
src/modules/qc/query_command.c
conf/rip.config.sample.in
src/modules/ca/ca_dictionary.h
src/modules/ca/ca_macros.h
src/modules/ca/dictGen.m4
src/modules/ud/ud_core.c
src/SQL/create.tables.in
src/SQL/create_asn32.patch.in
dbupdate test-data files in tests/dbupdate/test-data
src/modules/qc/query_command.h
src/modules/ud/ud.h
src/modules/ud/ud_command.c
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