[db-wg] Progress on NWI-4, assigning a whole allocation

Hi Cynthia,

> On 20 Jul 2023, at 00:32, Cynthia Revström via db-wg <db-wg at ripe.net> wrote:
> 
> I think I still support this proposal if it would be realistic to
> implement without breaking too many things.
> Like what would the impact on RDAP be for example?
> I guess what I am saying is that I want to see a proper impact
> analysis before I can decide if I support it or not.
> 
> -Cynthia
> 

I'm working on an impact analysis for the tuple proposal (including RDAP and other RIPE NCC services), and hope to have it ready in the coming weeks.

Requiring a tuple to distinguish between multiple inetnums with the same prefix but different status (ALLOCATED PA or ASSIGNED PA) *will* be a breaking change but will satisfy the NWI-2 problem statement:

"Some believe that the main underlying issue here is that it is currently not possible to create an assignment that is the same size as an allocation in the RIPE Database"
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/db-wg/2016-May/005242.html

Regards
Ed Shryane
RIPE NCC