[ris-int] Re: BGPlay support discussion with U.Roma
Daniel dfk at ripe.net
Wed Sep 20 10:41:47 CEST 2006
On 20.09 10:29, Andrei Robachevsky wrote: > 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. We may. I suggest formalising the first part and worrying about the second part when we are sure that we need it. Build a formal relationship in stages and only take the it to the stage that is needed. Just a suggestion. Daniel
[ Ris-int Archives ]