From db-wg-admin@ripe.net Thu Dec 5 11:08:46 2002 From: Gert Doering <gert@space.net>

On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:42:53AM +0100, Engin Gunduz wrote:

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We have prepared a proposal to automatically clean-up references by name and other invalid references in RIPE Whois Database.

I like the proposal. Go ahead!

Yes, I agree too.

(Yes, it will potentially create lots of "ugly looking" objects - but the situation right now, where you're not able to delete person objects because they are locked by a reference-by-name, is much worse)

I have one question though: who will be the maintainer of the new "ugly" object created? I have the feeling it could/should be the maintainer of the object that will reference it. Janos