> From owner-lir-wg(a)ripe.net Wed Feb 23 13:47:01 2000
> From: Nils Jeppe <nils(a)work.de>
Dear Nils,
> Yes, one question; why haven't you announced taking down the DB? I find
> this unacceptable, some of us have to work with it you know? We have
> customers which need new Person objects, new Domains, etc. etc. Now, I
> understand perfectly if there are emergency maintainances or whatever, but
> don't just switch it off for an entire day without at least letting us
> know! How much effort would it have been if you had written a seven line
> email explaining that you have to take the DB down, and why?
>
> It's not like you're some kind of Internet Dictatorship or IP God which
> can do as it pleases; the RIPE NCC takes care of this stuff on the behalf
> of the LIRs and is financed by the LIRs, so this heavy-handed approach is
> really not something I appreciate.
I guess the RIPE community in general does not appreciate YOUR
approach (at least I do not). :((
Please find below the mail the RIPE NCC sent out BEFORE they turned
updates off.
I guess you have not been at the RIPE meetings and did not follow the work
the RIPE NCC has been doing in the last many years. Otherwise I do not think
you would make a remark like the above.
Best regards,
Janos
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Nils Jeppe
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, RIPE Database Administration wrote:
>
> >
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > We wish to announce that the whois and update service
> > of the RIPE Database has returned to normal. Currently, the
> > queue of updates is being processed. We expect this queue to
> > be cleared later this evening.
> >
> > Thank you for being patient. You will find that the service
> > level of the RIPE Database has been improved. If you
> > have questions, please contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>.
> >
> > If you have any questions, please don't hesitate
> > to contact <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net>.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Daniele Arena
> > ____________________________
> > RIPE Database Administration.
> >
> >
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