fyi: minor updates for database software

I think it is OK to make these changes, because,
1) they are backward compatible with RFC1786
2) we already have other extensions to RFC1786 implemented

Tony Bates (Tony.Bates at mci.net) on March 13:
> 
>  Brian Renaud <renaud at merit.edu> writes:
>   * 
>   * > Why are you making these changes before we have an RPSL spec. These
>   * > are basically breaking RFC1786 in some cases without having anything
>   * > else actually defined. 
>   * 
>   * The syntax changes are in response to requests/common errors of users.
>   * 
>   * Perhaps I was rather premature on this though.  I'll be glad to back
>   * out the as-macro and community syntax changes if people feel that 
>   * is the right thing to do.
>   *
> I think so but am happy to hear other peoples opinion.
>  
>   * >   *      support community list syntax of /^[A-Za-z]([_-]*[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$
>   * >   * 
>   * > This means I can have a community of AS-MACRO now - something we
>   * > wanted to avoid.
>   * 
>   * Actually no, the change comment wasn't as comprehensive as it could have
>   * been.  The follow up check to prevent communities from being keywords or
>   * of the form AS-xxx is still in the code.
>   *
> Okay,
> 	yes - I just checked the code. Sorry about that one.
> 
> 		--Tony


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