[ncc-services-wg] Re: [db-wg] Clean up of unreferenced person/role objects

On 19 Apr 2007, at 16:22, Shane Kerr wrote:

>
>> The worst problem that can occur is that someone will enter a
>> reference to their person/role object just as we delete it. However,
>> as we are only deleting unreferenced person/role objects, the time
>> needed to re-create them is minimal. We suspect that a very large
>> proportion of the unreferenced person/role objects that we will be
>> deleting are abandoned objects that are no longer used.
>
> A bit of thinking can come up with some scenerios that might be
> worse(*).
>
> I definitely think any minor problems are more than outweighed by the
> removal of unused personal data!


I personally think it would be a mistake not to at least attempt to  
notify the contact by email.

And sending 80,000 emails isn't exactly a massive amount to send in  
the grand scheme of things ... and whilst processing 80,000 bounces  
wouldn't be fun there are ways to mitigate the whole bounce process.

If there is concern about load on the current RIPE mail servers, then  
simply setup another mail server / MX specifically for this project  
where these mails can be sent from.

Personally I think the bigger problem isn't unreferenced objects, but  
the bigger issue is with "orphaned" objects (*).  The "new" role  
objects overcome a lot of this, but every day I still see objects  
with contact details of people who left the company 5-10 years  
earlier and are still referenced .. and unravelling that mess becomes  
a whole lot harder.


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Jon Morby
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