NetDB Version 4.2

NetDB Version 4.2

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Incorporate the changes requested by the SelfReg team. Specifically:		Completion Status

	• Add location to network	100%
	• Expose organization regids	100%
	• SelfReg view of the custom fields	100%
Additionally, the team plans the following improvements:

	• Add logging of node state.	100%
	• Use node type data instead of hard-coded node types.	100%
	• Node states: allow ordering and expose denyD* flags.	100%
	• Fix MX processing and use only DNS name types for checks.	100%
	• Refine domain ownership checks. Instead of having one type of access to a domain; there will be access to assign names within a domain, as well as access to use the domain as a regular name.	100%
	• Implement name pointer preference. Allow users to choose all/closest name(s) for DNS PTR records.	100%

Scheduling

The team hopes to release these changes sometime between Thanksgiving 2006 and Winter Break 2007.

In addition to working on this NetDB release, the NetDB team is working on the following tasks:

    task                                 who       due
    ===================================  ========  =============
    new & improved doc system & docs     dmitri    now
    semi-annual bug sort                 team      now
    stated - node state changing daemon  dmitri    spring 2007
    state reports                        rob       spring 2007
    hw location database                 joel      spring 2007
    ===================================  ========  =============

Staffing

Here's the current level of staffing:

    Committed:  Dmitri     100%  These are the normal work assignments
                Joel       100%  for these people.
                Rob         50%
                Sunia       10%

Updated: May 16, 2007