[db-wg] proposal: disallow creation of new non-hierarchically named AS-SET objects

denis walker wrote on 29/11/2022 13:00:
> If we allow these objects to authorise hierarchical AS-SET objects with 
> 'source: RIPE' we have in effect turned non authoritative data back into 
> authoritative data. If we give the related AS-SET objects 'source: 
> RIPE-NONAUTH' we make it clear that these objects are also not 
> authoritative. Consumers of the data should make their own informed 
> decisions about the content of these AS-SET objects.
if ASnnnnn has source: RIPE-NONAUTH, then the corresponding as-set would 
be ASnnnnn:FOOBAR, so this would also need to be RIPE-NONAUTH.

I don't see an issue with RIPE-NONAUTH aut-nums being able to create 
scoped RIPE-NONAUTH as-sets.  This also gives a clear route for garbage 
collection: if the aut-num becomes invalid, then the corresponding 
as-sets also become invalid.

IIRC it's not possible to create new aut-num objects with source: 
RIPE-NONAUTH?

Nick