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Re: [Arx-users] Hosting?
From: |
Walter Landry |
Subject: |
Re: [Arx-users] Hosting? |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:35:49 -0700 (PDT) |
Kevin Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> Walter Landry wrote:
> > My machine, superbeast.ucsd.edu, is not going to be around much
> > longer. So I need a new place to host my archive. Unfortunately,
> > savannah is not set up to support it. So I am not sure what to do. I
> > could move ArX development over to a different site, like www.gna.org,
> > but I would rather not. The archive is currently about 120MB. Does
> > anyone have ideas?
>
> I think the most important step is to register a domain name for the ArX
> project. That way, you can switch hosts whenever necessary without
> affecting all the bookmarks and links out there. Unfortunately the ideal
> names are already in use (arx.org, arx.net). Here are some arxy domains
> I brainstormed that are still available:
>
> arxdev.org
> arx1.org
> arxscm.org
> arxcentral.org
> planetarx.org
> arxarx.org
Hmm. arx.vc doesn't seem to be taken. But I don't know how to
register domains in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ;)
> I would be willing to pay for at least one year of registration for one
> of these names, or for a better alternative. I use registerfly for my
> domains, which has really nice tools for domain (and email) forwarding
> and redirection.
Thanks for the offer. I will need to think more about what domain to
get.
> For hosting, why is something like gna.org unappealing?
I would have to move the mailing list, web page, bug tracker, etc.,
plus it would break everyone's bookmarks. I am just looking to
relocate the archive, not all activity.
> I have a server that could probably host the archive, but I expect to be
> reformatting it and switching to a different OS within the next few
> months, so this wouldn't be the ideal time to switch to it. I have
> another hosted account that could work, but I'm trying to phase that one
> out. What is your timeline?
Something in the next few weeks. I have an offer, so I think I am set
now.
Cheers,
Walter