[Savannah-hackers-public] Re: [gnu.org #249111] project.nongnu.org webpages

[Sylvain Beucler via RT]

Hi,

On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 11:26:15AM -0400, Justin Baugh via RT wrote:
> > [beuc - Tue Aug 09 19:27:53 2005]:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > We can offer the Savannah users some fancy projectname.nongnu.org
> > webpage URL for free with some slight configuration. I did it on a
> > test install, here's how this works:
> > 
> > 
> > - In my Apache <VirtualHost *>:
> > 
> > RewriteEngine on
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}              ^[^.]+\.nongnu\.org$
> > RewriteRule ^(.+)                     %{HTTP_HOST}$1 [chain]
> > RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.nongnu\.org(.*) /path/2/nongnu/$1$2
> > 
> > (cf. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html, "Virtual
> > User Hosts")
> > 
> > 
> > - In the bind configuration:
> > 
> > *.nongnu.org        IN      A       199.232.41.10
> > 
> > (domain name part to adapt)
> > 
> > 
> > Does this sound reasonable to you?
> 
> I have to admit to not being a fan of wildcard DNS entries.

What are the drawbacks of wildcards DNS entries? As far as I saw
specified entries are always prioritary.

Btw, that's what is apparently used at SourceForge:
http://qsdfqsdfqsdfqsdf.sourceforge.net/

> How about regularly regenerating a zone file based on a project
> list?
> The idea itself is reasonable, and is probably a useful service to
> provide to Savannah users.

Hmm, that means communicating that list from Savannah to nongnu.org.

The way Savane shares data between machines is to offer limited access
to the database, but Jim was not a fan of MySQL remote TCP
access. What's your point on this?

Usually when we develop new feature we try to do so in reusable ways
that could be integrated in Savane, so please don't suggest something
too much awkard ;) Aside from that I'm open to suggestions. The other
way that comes to mind would be to offer a web service at nongnu.org
to put the project list.

-- 
Sylvain