On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Randy Bush wrote:
First, there is a bug in the whois generation code that generates the indexes that whois uses. The information is still correct in the database that whois is generated from. The fix is in QA now and should be in operations shortly.
you have the gall to spend time ensuring that it will work before deploying it? while all of us out here who paid $35 are waiting for the absolutely mission critical whois service without which our lives can not continue! what nerve!
I find it rather curious that QA procedures were not in place to prevent the bug from happening in the first place. I also find it curious that there are no rollback procedures in place to recover quickly from a bug in generating whois data. For example, most network operators store their router configs in a revision control system and can quickly rollback to a previous config when changes go awry. -- Michael Dillon - E-mail: michael@memra.com Check the website for my Internet World articles - http://www.memra.com