[db-wg] NCC still enforcing descr: content

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 06:01:29PM +0200, Tim Bruijnzeels wrote:
> > On Jul 27, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Jan Saner <jan at trick77.com> wrote:
> > Since the NCC still seems to heavy-handedly revert changes to descr:
> > in AUT-NUM, INETNUM and INETNUM6 I’m wondering what the current
> > status of the implementation mentioned by Tim in a post to this list
> > from February is:
> > 
> > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/2015-February/004496.html
> 
> Well, in short I misjudged the effort needed for this, and since then
> I presented an update on this at the RIPE meeting, see slide 4 here:
> https://ripe70.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/164-ripe70-db-wg-new-functionality.pdf
> 
> We are *nearly* done. We have a bit over 100 aut-num objects to work
> on (as compared to 2000 in May).
> 
> When this is fully done, we can present an implementation plan for
> this soon, within a few weeks. Before we do so, I would like to ask
> the working group for direction on the following. Because sadly,
> stopping enforcing this is not as trivial as it might seem.
> 
> Option a: Leave existing cases, "descr:" mandatory, update request forms
> ========================================================================

Option A sounds simplest to me, I am confident people will continue to
update the "descr:" to align it with reality in a meaningful way.

Kind regards,

Job