Folks, Finally parts of the new RIPE database software are ready for some beta testing. I would like a not too big number of sites/people that are willing to run some tests on the new software, and actually have some time to spend on this to make themselves known to me. I have created a new (temporary) mailing list <db-beta@ripe.net> which will deal with all the beta-testing on the software. That is where I will put details on where to get the software and will send bug fixes. If you are willing to participate in the beta testing, please send a mail to db-beta-request@ripe.net or simply reply to this message. If you just want to see what is going on with the beta testing, you are welcome to join the list as well. Just hope that not all of you will be just listening in ;-) Suggestions/comments welcome. -Marten PS Some people already indicated they wanted to join the list, so currently I have the following people on the db-beta list: Wilfried Woeber <Wilfried.Woeber@CC.UniVie.ac.at> # db-wg chairman Tony Bates <tony> Marten Terpstra <marten> GARR NIS <info@nis.garr.it>