>From what I understand, it's not just a CNAME change (they are hooking up to >AppEngine).
Do you know the names of the previous organizers? Doug On Aug 2, 2011, at 5:13 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Hi Doug, > > please tell him to have the previous organizers send me their OK to > pass on the subdomain and to provide a new CNAME alias. > The subdomain fi.pycon.org is currently aliased to conference.syneus.fi. > > Thanks. > > Doug Hellmann wrote: >> I have received a request to update the DNS entries for fi.pycon.org. I can >> handle the technical aspects of that change, but wanted to make sure I was >> doing enough to verify the identity of the person asking for the change. Do >> we have procedures for this sort of thing? I have suggested creating a page >> on the old server with a name that doesn't exist right now. Is there >> something else I can/should do? (Or can anyone vouch for Jyrki and let us >> skip this step?) >> >> Thanks, >> Doug >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Jyrki Pulliainen <[email protected]> >>> Date: August 2, 2011 3:17:14 PM EDT >>> To: Doug Hellmann <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Migrating fi.pycon.org under App engine >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:07 PM, Doug Hellmann <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Aug 2, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Jyrki Pulliainen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> As mentioned to ThePSF in Twitter before, we're in process migrating >>>>> fi.pycon.org under Google Apps domain. We need a few DNS changes to do >>>>> it. First, we would need the TXT-entry to verify our domain to Google >>>>> and then, later on, the DNS entries should be set to point in to the >>>>> App engine. >>>>> >>>>> How should we proceed? What would be the most convenient way for you? >>>>> >>>>> Sincerely, >>>>> Jyrki Pulliainen, Treasury of Python Finland >>>> >>>> Hi, Jyrki, >>>> >>>> I can help you make the DNS changes, but I don't know anything about >>>> AppEngine. If you can provide me with instructions like "Make the $R >>>> record for the domain $D have value $V" then I can do the editing. >>>> >>>> Will that work? >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> Yeah, that'll do the trick. I can tell you the required fields :) >>> >>>> Since I don't know you (yet!), we should also do some minimal verification >>>> that you have control of the current fi.pycon.org site. Can you create a >>>> "doug.html" page and add some content? It does not need to be fancy, it >>>> will just prove that you can create a new page on that domain and reassure >>>> me that I'm not about to steal it away from the "real" owner. :-) >>> >>> I totally understand! I just need to contact the previous owner and >>> ask them to put the document there (last year's Python was organized >>> by a local company, they handed all the domain, twitter and facebook >>> stuff to us now for this year's event). I'll contact you when it's >>> done, if it's ok? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Jyrki >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pydotorg-www mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > eGenix.com > > Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Aug 02 2011) >>>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ::: Try our new mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::: > > > eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 > D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg > Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 > http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ pydotorg-www mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www
