[db-wg] Database release 1.83 deployed to RC environment

Dear Alexander,

please see the answers below.

Kind regards,
Theodoros Polychniatis
Software Engineer
RIPE Database Team

On 2/11/15 12:45, Alexander Stranzky wrote:
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> Am 02.11.15 um 12:00 schrieb db-wg-request at ripe.net:
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> We are happy to announce the deployment of RIPE Database software 
>> release 1.83 to the Release Candidate (RC) environment, which has 
>> gone live on Friday 30 October.
>>
>> - When deleting a person object, you will be prompted to also delete 
>> the associated maintainer if it has no other dependencies
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> Does this affect REST API calls in any way?
No, the REST API was not affected by these changes. It concerns only the 
new web user interface (WUI) that we have scheduled for production in 
whois release 1.83.
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>> - When trying to delete an object that is still referenced, you will 
>> get a list of blocking objects
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> How does the REST API implement that? Does it send the objects along 
> the error message(s) or can either part be omitted?
This functionality is only available in the new WUI for now. We will 
implement this in the API at a later stage.

> Best regards,
> Alexander Stranzky
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