Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Going live with the new web site

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-29 12:20:43

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:
>> Rene Rivera wrote:
>>> Beman Dawes wrote:
>>>> Let's go over the repointing of the DNS entries to make sure I do the 
>>>> right thing. The current relevant A record entries are:
>>>>
>>>>     beta.boost.org -> 129.79.245.252
>>>>     boost.org -> 66.35.250.210
>>>>     live.boost.org -> 129.79.245.252
>>>>
>>>> So to repoint, I'll change the boost.org entry to 129.79.245.252, right?.
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>>> Do I then delete either of the other two entries?
>>> No. We still need the beta.boost.org as that is truly a separate site in 
>>> that it reflects the beta state in SVN. And it's the one we will test 
>>> changes out in before moving them to the live site in an ongoing basis.
>> OK. The release files are on Sourceforge, I've downloaded each and 
>> compared to the originals, and AFAICT we are ready to go live. Just let 
>> me know when to repoint the DNS entries.
>>
>> The release date is today.
> 
> Repoint now :-) I'm working on making minor changes to add the 1.35 
> links into the web site (on the beta side). So I'll move those over shortly.

Done.

boost.org is getting the new site. So far www.boost.org is still getting 
the old site for me, but hopefully that is just until some dns cache 
entry expires. Easydns says it takes at least an hour for caches to 
clear. There wasn't any A record entry for www.boost.org, by the way.

--Beman