New Proposal

"Gert Doering, Netmaster" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 02:00:23PM +0000, Stephen Burley wrote:
> > and not subject to the same checks. I therefore propose that all
> > inetnums without a status (being pre-RIPE there is no status)  should be
> > marked with a new status of PR (Pre RIPE) and therefore be ignored by an
> > audit tool. Also all other objects prior to ripe should be flagged so as
> > to be ingnored in an audit, making it much easier to see what really
> > needs fixing.
> 
> I see your reasoning - but shouldn't all those "Pre RIPE" be fixed some
> day? The sooner, the better?
> 
> So for the sake of database quality, I'd vote against your proposal.  Yes,
> it generates work, and more so for the "good guys" (who have been around
> for ages), but I consider it as important to get rid of the old cruft,
> or make sure the database entries are correct.

But how can you apply RIPE rules to the objects when the objects existed
before the rules applied. Surley this would be a way of fixing the
porblem? We can not retroactivly apply rules when the rules did not
apply so they should be marked as special in some way, to exempt them
from the current ruleset. How can you fix them when they do not need
fixing as they are not broke, and saying they are broke because they do
not fit our criteria now, does not make them broke. I would rather they
be marked as exempt, then we can fix them by ignoring them in various
processes or including them in special cases.


> 
> Gert Doering
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