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

From: Staffan Gimåker (staffan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-29 12:49:03

I clicked the News entry for 1.35 
(http://boost.org/users/news/version_1_35_0), but when I follow a link for 
any of the new libraries I just get a blank page, e.g.

http://boost.org/doc/libs/1_34_1/libs/asio/index.html

You might want to fix that...

--
Staffan Gimåker
On Saturday 29 March 2008 17:32:30 Rene Rivera wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:
> > 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.
>
> And I just merged the changes to make 1.35 appear into the live site.
>
> > 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.
>
> I still get the old site :-( But my ISP has always been slow in getting
> DNS changes. I checked on the web server itself and it says:
>
> -bash-3.00$ host boost.org
> boost.org has address 129.79.245.252
> -bash-3.00$ host www.boost.org
> www.boost.org is an alias for vhost.sourceforge.net.
> vhost.sourceforge.net has address 66.35.250.210
>
> So yes, there's no A record for www.boost.com, as it's an alias record.