[boost] Re: Changing web site host to SourceForge

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-14 09:05:00

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> At 08:57 AM 10/14/2003, you wrote:
>  >Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:
>  >
>  >> The Boost web site host will change to SourceForge later today. That
>  >> involves changes to accounts at Network Solutions (Boost's registrar),
>  >> easyDNS (Boost's new DNS provider), and SourceForge (the new virtual
>  >> host). The change can take up to 72 hours to propagate around the
>  >> world.
>  >>
>  >> The changes are trivial and should be transparent. But if there is a
>  >> slip along the way, both the web site and mailing lists could become
>  >> invisible until the problem is corrected. If that happens just hang
>  >> on; it will get corrected as soon as possible.
>  >>
>  >> You can tell if the change has reached your DNS by pinging
>  >> www.boost.org, which currently resolves to 64.226.201.52. Once the
>  >> change is in effect, it will resolve to 66.35.250.2nn.
>  >
>  >Beman,
>  >
>  >A few files have been updated directly on the site since the 1.30.2
>  >release went out.  Do you have a plan for ensuring that those changes
>  >are preserved?
>
> No. Any idea which files are involved?

Not enough to be reliable about it.  There's some nice website
mirroring software out there.  We could use it to copy the current
site.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com