[ris-int] Re: BGPlay support discussion with U.Roma
Andrei Robachevsky andrei at ripe.net
Wed Sep 20 10:29:00 CEST 2006
Hi Henk, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: > Hi, > > Mainly FYI. I spoke to Pino Batista last week @ SIGCOMM. He is Lorenzo's > old boss in Rome and head of the department that wrote BGPlay. Amongst > other things, we discussed long term support for BGPlay, both regular > maintenance and adding new features (like ASN32 support, showing delays, > better integration with other tools). They are very happy that the > tool is being used and are definitely interested in adding new features > based on user feedback. The model we have in mind, is something like: > > a. Rome will continue to work on this and provide binaries. > b. The NCC will have a contact. This contact person will install > the binaries, run tests and give feedback. > c. The person from Rome visits us once or twice a year, for issues > that cannot be dealt with by email and to discuss new features. > d. We'll send some euros to support (a) and (c). > > This sounded reasonable to me in first order. He'll put something more > detailed on paper in the next week or so. > Thanks for this. How well is it supported and being developed now? Are there new versions available and do they have a release plan? What are the licensing aspects of it? I am very interested in extending the functionality ( for instance merging the BPlay with the TTM). We may need more flexibility in code development than just relying on Roma. > Henk > Andrei > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Henk Uijterwaal Email: > henk.uijterwaal(at)ripe.net > RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.amsterdamned.org/~henk > P.O.Box 10096 Singel 258 Phone: +31.20.5354414 > 1001 EB Amsterdam 1016 AB Amsterdam Fax: +31.20.5354445 > The Netherlands The Netherlands Mobile: +31.6.55861746 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > 1160438400 + 381600 = 1160820000.
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