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diff --git a/sfa/managers/driver.py b/sfa/managers/driver.py
index 17358cfc..ab3b2165 100644
--- a/sfa/managers/driver.py
+++ b/sfa/managers/driver.py
@@ -13,21 +13,16 @@ class Driver:
     ########## registry oriented
     ########################################
 
-    # redefine this if you want to check again records 
-    # when running GetCredential
-    # This is to reflect the 'enabled' user field in planetlab testbeds
-    # expected retcod boolean
-    def is_enabled (self, record) : 
-        return True
+    # NOTE: the is_enabled method is deprecated
+    # it was only making things confusing, as the (PL) import mechanism would
+    # ignore not enabled users anyway..
 
     # the following is used in Resolve (registry) when run in full mode
     #     after looking up the sfa db, we wish to be able to display
     #     testbed-specific info as well
-    # this at minima should fill in the 'researcher' field for slice records
-    # as this information is then used to compute rights
-    # roadmap: there is an intention to redesign the SFA database so as to clear up 
-    # this constraint, based on the principle that SFA should not rely on the
-    # testbed database to perform such a core operation (i.e. getting rights right)
+    # based on the principle that SFA should not rely on the testbed database
+    # to perform such a core operation (i.e. getting rights right) 
+    # this is no longer in use when performing other SFA operations 
     def augment_records_with_testbed_info (self, sfa_records):
         print >>sys.stderr, "  \r\n \r\n DRIVER.PY augment_records_with_testbed_info sfa_records ",sfa_records
         return sfa_records
@@ -61,6 +56,15 @@ class Driver:
     def update (self, old_sfa_record, new_sfa_record, hrn, new_key): 
         return True
 
+    # callack for register/update
+    # this allows to capture changes in the relations between objects
+    # the ids below are the ones found in the 'pointer' field
+    # this can get typically called with
+    # 'slice' 'user' 'researcher' slice_id user_ids 
+    # 'authority' 'user' 'pi' authority_id user_ids 
+    def update_relation (self, subject_type, target_type, relation_name, subject_id, link_ids):
+        pass
+
     ########################################
     ########## aggregate oriented
     ########################################