apachecon.eu was auto renewed yesterday. Gav...
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Stevenson [mailto:t...@pc-tony.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2013 6:42 PM > To: Andrea Pescetti > Cc: apachecon-discuss@apache.org; Rich Bowen; Melissa Warnkin; Apache > Infrastructure - Private; Nick Burch; Melissa Warnkin > Subject: Re: Site is down or removed > > > Ok, > > So now that I sent this message, I have stumbled across a message from our > domain registrar. > > > ####################### > > Dear Host, > > We will be initiating the renewal for your "apachecon.eu" domain on > 11/15/2013. > > Please be sure to check the status of the domain renewal by visiting Domain > Central after 11/30/2013: > http://members.dotster.com/controlpanel/domaincentral/index.bml > (Remember, it can take up to 72 hours for a renewal to be processed.) > > The renewal will be charged to the credit card we have on file for your > account and will be processed when the renewal is initiated. > (If you have a domain credit available in your account, we will use that to > renew your domain, and you will not be charged for the > renewal.) > > If you would prefer to handle the renewal yourself or renew for a period > longer than a year, please ... > - Go to Domain Central: > http://members.dotster.com/controlpanel/domaincentral/index.bml > - Click on the link for your "apachecon.eu" domain name > - Click on the button to renew your domain > - Follow the instructions for purchasing a domain credit and completing your > renewal. > > Pricing information for domains purchased through Dotster is available in > DomainCentral: > http://www.dotster.com/controlpanel/domaincentral/beta/index.bml > > Important: To process the renewal yourself, you must initiate the renewal > process or opt out of the Automated Domain Renewal system through > Domain Central before 11/15/2013. > > You can access Domain Central by visiting: > http://www.dotster.com/controlpanel/domaincentral/beta/index.bml > > If you have questions about your domain or the renewal process, please > submit a request directly to our ticketing system via your Support Console: > http://www.dotster.com/controlpanel/sconsole > > Wishing you continued success, > The Dotster Team > > > > ##################### > > > On 13 Nov 2013, at 07:39, Tony Stevenson <t...@pc-tony.com> wrote: > > > > > On 12 Nov 2013, at 23:38, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> Tony Stevenson wrote: > >>> I hazard a guess that apachecon.eu has since expired, it seems to be > >>> in the locked state awaiting expiry. Do we really want to renew this > >>> if it has indeed expired? Or rather re-register it? Can we possibly > >>> agree on one standard? > >> > >> Not that I really like mixing public lists, private lists, personal > communication and a JIRA issue sitting untouched at > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira//browse/INFRA-6973 ... > >> but the .eu registry at http://www.eurid.eu/ says it is registered in > the name of Mark (even though it may be in quarantine; often on eurid.eu I > see that domains are considered registered until the last day of the month in > which they expire). > >> > >> Anyway, agreeing on one standard is good. But letting domains expire > >> as > a policy is very bad, > > > > First, this is not policy and is not normal. Please don't assume that > it is. If it has expired *and* we (infra) managed the domain then it has > somehow slipped under our radar. I suspect auto-renew might not have > been enabled. > > > >> since we have plenty of links to apachecon.eu from, > > > > Why do we? We should be linking to apachecon.com which is the > > canonical > namespace. At best apachecon.eu should be redirecting to .com - at worst > we should just be holding the domain to protect the namespace. > > > >> for example, blog posts. And this would result in our official blog > > > > What official blog is this? URL, please? > > > > > >> linking to a spam/whatever site if the domain is let expire. So I > >> would > prefer that the domain is renewed or redeemed, set to auto-renew and > then redirected to whatever convention we agree upon. > > > > eurid.eu is currently broken, in that their whois service is down. If > the domain has expired, we will now have to wait until it is released into the > public domain for purchase again. I am not sure off hand what the timescales > for these are, if it is anything like .uk registrar it is in suspension for 30 days, > then locked for 30 more before being released for general sale again. > > > >> Regards, > >> Andrea. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Tony > > > > ---------------------------------- > > Tony Stevenson > > > > t...@pc-tony.com > > pct...@apache.org > > > > http://www.pc-tony.com > > > > GPG - 1024D/51047D66 > > ---------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > Tony > > ---------------------------------- > Tony Stevenson > > t...@pc-tony.com > pct...@apache.org > > http://www.pc-tony.com > > GPG - 1024D/51047D66 > ---------------------------------- > > > > >
