Hi Nathalie,

On 04/12, Nathalie Trenaman wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> <snip/>
>
> We are planning on changing our publication infrastructure and using the same 
> "revisions" RRDP uses for the content of the rsync repository. Rsync is an 
> officially supported distribution protocol for RPKI repository data, and it 
> is one of our highest priorities that the data published is atomic and 
> consistent. We plan to release the new publication infrastructure in Q2/Q3 
> 2021. Part of this work will mitigate these non-repeatable-reads for clients 
> using rsync.
> 
> We will update you on our progress during RIPE 82, taking place online from 
> 17-21 May 2021.
> 
The above description seems to suggest that repository access via rsync
is an optional extra that the RIPE NCC provides as a value add.

However, as of course you know, rsync is the only mandatory to implement
access method *today* and we are not yet on an agreed path towards an
RRDP-only future.

It seems to me that this issue deserves the same urgency as "the
publication server periodically reboots when used correctly".

If that requires a workaround (of the form suggested by others) now, and
then a redesign in 6 months, fine. But it is a dis-service to the
Internet community as a whole to skip the "workaround now" step.

Cheers,

Ben

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