[ncc-services-wg] Re: [db-wg] "referral-by:" attribute

On 8 Jun 2010, at 15:55, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:

> Shane Kerr wrote:
>> On Tue, 2010-06-08 at 12:37 +0200, Denis Walker wrote:
>>> If we make it optional now, although it is still in the RPSL definition,
>>> it can be completely ignored. Does anyone have any strong views on this
>>> either way?
>> I'd actually suggest going further, and getting rid of it completely.
> If it doesn't dere a purpose any longer, yes, I agree.

I agree, let's do this.

[...]
> IIRC, the "usual" approach was to deal with such a change in phases, like
> issue a warning for a while, then refuse an update if it violates the
> acceptable schema, and eventually cleaning up old objects that haven't been
> touched for a looong time.
> 
> I'm sure the DB guys can refresh our memory regarding the specifics.

This sounds like the way forward with regards to implementation too.

Andy