Migration to RIPE 181

Elise Gerich <epg at merit.edu> writes
 * Marten,
 * Just to understand what you are saying, is the RIPE NCC unaware of the
 * plans or is the broader community that you hope we will inform?
 * 
 * Thanks,
 *        --Elise 

Elise, I am now sort of sure what will happen in January, but I am
sure there is loads of SPs that are unsure of what exactly they have
to do when NACRs are (or can be) retired ....

-Marten

PS It all became clear to me only after Dale's long messages.

 * 
 * >Dale S. Johnson writes:
 * > 
 * > Marten,
 * > 
 * > >            Perhaps MERIT should inform a wider audience about what is
 * > > expected from them when the NACRs are retired ....
 * > 
 * > ...and perhaps Dale should read all his mail before replying to one
 * > message.  (sigh)  Yes, Marten;  thanks.  You're right.  Please see
 * > previous message.  Busy month...
 * > 
 * > --Dale
 * > 
 * > 
 * > > 
 * > > M.H.Behringer at dante.org.uk (Michael H. Behringer) writes
 * > >  * Dale,
 * > >  * 
 * > >  * Thanks for your reply. I take all your points, but I'm still not sure
 *  what
 * > >  * Europeans then have to do, once the PRDB is retired, and the RIPE DB 
 * is not
 * > >  * ready yet to support the advisory attribute for all European nets. Be
 * cause
 * > >  * then you cannot reasonably use the RIPE-DB, as the info there is not
 * > >  * complete, but the Europeans can't send in NACRs either, because the P
 * RDB
 * > >  * doesn't exist any longer.
 * > >  * 
 * > >  * My view is that the RIPE-DB *has* to be ready by the time the PRDB re
 * tires
 * > >  * to not mess things up for Europe. I do not see how we (in Europe) can
 * > >  * reasonably work with a unfinished RIPE-DB and no PRDB any more. Do yo
 * u?
 * > > 
 * > > Just to make sure that the RIPE DB as such supports the advisory
 * > > attribute, however there are no routes currently that contain this
 * > > attribute. Perhaps MERIT should inform a wider audience about what is
 * > > expected from them when the NACRs are retired ....
 * > > 
 * > > -Marten
 * > > 
 * > 
 * 



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