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

On 18 Apr 2007, at 07:34, Denis Walker wrote:


> According to our database consistency statistics program (dbconstat  
> [1]) we
> currently have 460,573 unreferenced person/role objects [2]. Some  
> of these
> may be maintained, but are still unreferenced. Any personal data not
> referenced by Internet resources do not fit within the purpose of  
> the RIPE
> Database. They should not be stored in the RIPE Database beyond a  
> reasonable
> 'work in progress' period.
>

Do you have any data on the age of these unreferenced people/ 
objects ?  I don't get warm-and-fuzzies from the thought of deleting  
objects....


On 19 Apr 2007, at 13:11, Leo Vegoda wrote:

> This case could also be avoided by making it impossible to re-use a  
> nic-hdl.
>

I used to work for LIR-X and now I'm working for new LIR-Y.  Whilst  
internal paperwork is done my person object is orphaned, but I

  a. want to keep my handle
  b. want to keep my maintainer stuff intact


Please lets try to understand why objects are orphaned before we take  
a bullet to them.


cheers
-a