11 May
2017
11 May
'17
8:39 a.m.
Difficult to implement, but maybe we'll have to.
A complication is that a significant number of DNS updates are done
by external automation (eg, hamnetdb). It (or at least its interface
to the DNS robot) will have to change too. I don't know if the
developers of that package are still active.
Perhaps this is the next thing for me to work on after the router
settles down.
Thank you.
- Brian
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 01:48:52AM +0100, M6XCV (Mike) wrote:
Could I suggest a technical solution to a social
problem?
You could add a column to the records table containing a username/id,
default value NULL. You then add a way of specifying this field in the
existing system.
You still have the existing system for managing records working
exactly the same, however you now have the ability to assign ownership
of new records (or existing ones) to a specific user. You could add a
simple text field to the record editor to specify this.
Once records have a user associated with them you can provide whatever
management interface is appropriate. If you wanted to let users create
new records then ownership would be assigned at creation time.
An "ideal system" would allow multiple users to be associated with
records, however I think that complicates things too much for this use
case. Having records be editable by coordinators or their owner is
probably sufficient functionality whilst keeping the old system
unchanged.
In social terms: Adding self-service doesn't mean you have to get rid
of all the checkouts and call-centres. It does reduce the workload,
though. ;)
Thanks,
Mike, M6XCV